Quote from: btcgolong on April 13, 2020, 07:48:41 PM

The US Stimulus - How do you feel about it in general and also in how it is divided?

Do you think more should have gone to small businesses and families/individuals?

This is an actual breakdown of where the money went: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-anatomy-of-the-2-trillion-covid-19-stimulus-bill/

About half of it goes to individuals and small businesses.

Most of the small business loans are actually forgivable which doesn't create the best incentives for repayment. If the lockdowns end up going beyond the eight weeks covered by the paycheck protection program, lots of businesses will go belly up and default on these loans, then lay off their employees. Then there will be another huge wave of unemployment.

The stimulus bill sort of gets people by as long as the economy reopens by May. If not, there will be a big push for more relief.