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gyroscope

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2. Kick and rec
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 05:06 PM
Feb 2019

a similar premise is true with food stamps. putting money into the hands of regular people who will spend it is the best way to stimulate the economy, instead of giving it to billionaires who could never spend it in a hundred life times. directing wealth to those who have no way of spending it (because they have so much of it) is a great way to depress the economy. all that money just sits there doing nothing.



The Economic Case for Food Stamps
MICHEL NISCHAN

JUL 18, 2012
The Atlantic

Congress is planning to cut up to $16 billion from low-income food aid over the next five years. But research shows that every dollar spent on assistance pays for itself and grows the economy.





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