I know these are large numbers, but the 159 million economic impact payments cost $267 billion [1]. This article [2] gives a pretty good overview of the $4T spent in total so far
> I know these are large numbers, but the 159 million economic impact payments cost $267 billion [1].
Great, but the bill cost $2T. Same with the recent one that’s been put on ice. Because there’s no such thing as a bill that only contains direct cash payments to citizens, they’re loaded up with pork and stuff that doesn’t even having anything to do with the pandemic.
[1] https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/159-million-economic-impact-pay...
[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/business/corona...