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Just Give Every American $1,200 Already
Anyone who feels they don’t need the money is free to donate it.
Check in hand.
Photographer: Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg
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Congress and the White House are largely in agreement that direct payments to individuals should be a central part of any stimulus, with the latest plan sending out checks of $1,200. They are divided, however, on how those payments should vary by income, family size and potentially other variables.
This is a pointless and time-consuming argument with the U.S. economy hanging in the balance. Washington should simply send equal payments to all Americans now and leave the ideological wrangling for later.