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Support for Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package may not be as broad as it seems – it's all a matter of perspective

  • Written by Aaron Saiewitz, Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
imageGovernment spending bills that cost billions or trillions of dollars can seem abstract.Siri Stafford/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesimageCC BY-NC-ND

Congress is on the verge of spending US$1.9 trillion to provide additional coronavirus relief to Americans, including $1,400 direct payments and extended unemployment benefits. Opinion polls show the bill...

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