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		34679 on April 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Additional 6.6M File for Initial Unemployment Bene... 12.5% of the $2T is "helping ordinary people". And some of us have been teargassed protesting wars..

minikites on April 2, 2020 [–]

Why is it only 12.5%? Why not 50%? Or 80%?

34679 on April 2, 2020 | [–]

2,000,000,000,000 / 250,000,000,000 = 12.5%

That's the amount which will be sent out in checks directly to families.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-seeking-85...

minikites on April 2, 2020 | | [–]

Yes, I'm asking why the amount is not larger than that, because it needs to be much larger.

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