That's the amount that went into the private sector. It's literally how much money went into the private sector, every penny of it. To put it another way, if th

That's the amount that went into the private sector. It's literally how much money went into the private sector, every penny of it. To put it another way, if the government didn't spend, then the private sector would get less income. Or, every American would be fiscally poorer. One's spending is another person's income.