How much? Last night someone told me that only 7% is reaching (or is earmarked in the new bill to reach) individuals. He watches Newsmax so I’m a little skeptical.
I thought we were approaching 15% of the US population having at least one shot of the vaccine. I assume a lot more than that has been shipped and is in the pipeline.
Sorry, I misread your question. You’re talking about relief money, not vaccine. I withdraw my post.
It is an excellent resource to fight ignorance, so post away.
Outsider chiming in. Wasn’t the COVID relief bill stacked full of a whole lot of other stuff? Or are you saying/questioning that only a small portion of the specific COVID relief stuff is going to individuals?
I am asking how much of the total package is/was being sent to individuals. Either the last time or the pending bill.
Title edited to indicate this is about money rather than the vaccine.
The American Rescue Plan (the current bill) totals about $1.9 trillion, including about $460 billion for stimulus payments to individual taxpayers (that’s roughly 24% right there). Another $350 billion (18%) is for additional unemployment benefits to individuals. The expanded child tax credit, for individual taxpayers, adds about $120 billion (6%). There are smaller amounts elsewhere in the bill that will end up largely in individual hands: $30B for renters and small landlords, an extra billion for TANF and $3B for the Women, Infants, Children nutrition program, $15 billion for child care assistance for essential workers, $19B for universities and colleges to pass out as emergency grants to students, and so forth.
Thanks for the info. 7% sounded pretty low to me.