The Morning Briefing: The Stimulation Will Soon Be Upon Us, Or Something

While I am fortunate that I don’t really need any help from the government right now, I’m not without feeling for the people who truly do, despite my ideological misgivings about such federal intervention. While I’ve been watching all of this play out in recent days, what I keep wondering is what $1000 or $2000 is going to do for people who may be out of work for months. Sure, any extra money is nice, but a grand isn’t going to last long in Los Angeles, where that much money basically covers a week’s worth of sandwiches.

I’m sure that to the wealthy types who run Washington, they think that $1000 for each of the poors in the hinterlands is the grandest of gestures, largely because none of the politicos understand the real value of money.

I mean, if we don’t know how long any of this is going to last and we’re just going to be playing with Monopoly money, why not go bigger and give everyone $5000? $10,000?

via pjmedia.com

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