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In reply to the discussion: To Fix The Economy, Let's Print Money & Mail It To Everyone [View all]magical thyme
(14,881 posts)payment should be used to "make us whole" which is why the dollar amount that I believe should be given to us is so high.
And I don't think there should be strings attached as to how it is spent. It was our money to begin with, we earned it, we saved it, it is ours. So we should be free to spend it as we like.
I would happily spend the first chunk to get rid of my FAFSA loans (to the Federal Government, not the banksters) so they are no longer a monkey on my back. The balance would be spent on fixing my home. That would go into the pockets of insulators, home heating, thermal solar and solar panel installation.
Anything left over would be some fun money for me.
But that is my preference. Obviously a small, token payment (remember Lieberman's "I want to put $300 in the pocket of every American) would not be used in that way. Nor would a thousand or two.
AT $106 or $108K, I'm talking life changing money for most people. How they choose to use it is up to them.