Seven-hundred billion dollars.
Seven hundred thousand million. (edit: math > me)
Give or take, that’s $2333 for every man, woman, and child in America.
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Per my understanding, absent this package, we’d be heading for breadlines, soup kitchens, and anarchy. Viewed through that lens, it’s a bargain at any price. However, it sets a dangerous precedent for the silent majority who go to work and actually pay their mortgage they signed-up for.
Responsibility? We’ve now moved irresponsibility from a societal disease to a national mandate. The government will save me; I’m too big to fail.