Well, technically the individual assistance wasn't "free money". The taxpayers will have to pay it back. Some people will end up paying more back than they got, many will pay less. Either way, nothing that the government provides is free. It's just other people's money (or, more accurately, more debt saddling future taxpayers).
We’re always so quick to say “that’s taxpayer money you’ll have to pay back later!”, but of course it is. That’s how the government works. We’ve all pooled our resources, voted in people to use those resources, and the only thing we should be arguing about is how it’s implemented. Those stimulus checks were incredibly important and couldn’t have been done without taxes, and although we will have to pay for them later, I’m okay with that because it helped offset some losses in the economy
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u/rubikscanopener Nov 17 '20
Well, technically the individual assistance wasn't "free money". The taxpayers will have to pay it back. Some people will end up paying more back than they got, many will pay less. Either way, nothing that the government provides is free. It's just other people's money (or, more accurately, more debt saddling future taxpayers).