> There's something different about recent government spending It could be scale. It's double what its been at its peak in 2008 and for two years straight now.

> There's something different about recent government spending It could be scale. It's double what its been at its peak in 2008 and for two years straight now. > (that it gives money to poor people), 12 trillion was allocated, less than half of which went to legislative programs like income support and direct payments. More than half went to things like asset repurchases, liquidity measures, lending facilities, etc. Relatively little spending was "money to poor people" [0] https://datalab.usaspending.gov/americas-finance-guide/deficit/trends/ https://datalab.usaspending.gov/americas-finance-guide/defic... [1] https://www.covidmoneytracker.org/ https://www.covidmoneytracker.org/