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Somewhat overshadowed by mismanagement of the CARES Act. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/covid-relief-scam-fraud-money-billions-1234784
by MilStdJunkie 3y ago
Somewhat overshadowed by mismanagement of the CARES Act.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/covid-relief-scam-fraud-money-billions-1234784448/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/covi...
Both of which, of course, were the worst possible ways to get money into individual people's pockets. I'm not counting 2008, because that was designed to get money into the financial system, temporarily replacing risk in the banks with national risk.
- bradleyjg 3y agoUnemployment extensions were about the only decent part of all three covid bills. Even that had issues are incentivizing people to quit, but at least it attempted to target the right people. None of the other provisions did. Trillions of dollars in idiotic spending. Bipartisan too.