Quote from: Lucius on April 21, 2020, 09:05:25 AM

Quote from: stompix on April 20, 2020, 03:46:37 PM

Oh, and till now, I've never heard of any country doing the same in the EU, free money for everybody, unconditionally.

I heard that Serbia is planning to do that, "100 EUR for each adult Serbian citizen", and it is possible that some other countries will do something similar. So if a plan with USA stimulus checks fails, we have a backup plan Cheesy

Well, they are not part of the EU and probably they will have to do all by themselves, but still, 100 euros per citizen?
They could have put some restrictions for the ones that really don't care about 100E and doubled the sum for the ones that really need that money. Even with their cheaper prices and obvious lower income than their neighbors, 100E still sounds like throwing bread crumbs.

Quote from: Lucius on Today at 10:53:19 AM

It seems to me like Trump is buying votes in the next presidential election with state money, because who after this will not vote for him?

No, you're mistaken...he's just putting his name on the checks to make them look better! Grin

Hihi, but it doesn't always work like that, fortunately for us.
There are some cases in which populist parties, even after throwing money at every social category have experienced disastrous results because of their lack of reforms and their dirty business, eastern Europe is like a breeding ground for such things.
Anyhow, it was about time the US learns what 101% populism and -1% real plans lead to, although I believe it's not going to be Trump the one in charge when the fallout from his agenda strat, somebody will be unlucky enough to win one 4 years holiday to CleantheMess Resort.