Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
You mean like the 1.6 trillion for a new FBI office? That was bad... Oh wait. That was the Repubs who stuffed that in.
The fact is the money is a huge stimulus to the economy. It is demand. The multiplier factor in unemployment insurance is 1.9. That is a good payoff. https://www.nber.org/papers/w22625
Both sides do that and it is equally bad. However, the Democrats do more of it. They've stuffed the unemployment bill with masses of new spending on 'stuff.'