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herzausstein said:
So let's go through a number exercise...

2016 population estimate via us census bureau is 323,127,513.
22.8% of which is under 18
That puts the adult population at 249,454,440 adults (older then 18)

At $1,000 per month, the monthly cost for said program is $249,454,440,036.00 per month
Over the course of a single year said program cost $2,993,453,280,432.00 per year (that's 2.99 trillion)
Supposed GDP gain for this program is $2,480,000,000,000 after 8 year or 310,000,000,000 per year (310 billion).
So in essence for every $9.66 of cash handout, GDP will rise $1.00.
This doesn't even take into account additional spending that would be needed to actually run the program.

Pass

Oh Another person who said what I did. At least some people can do math.