Make sure we track spending when we send stimulus checks.
The government sent tons of money to people in the form of tax rebate checks, yet we couldn't track how they spent it. (We could only guess based on changes in economic indicators.)
The government needs to think this through and leverage technology (Paypal or the like) to do this properly.
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mikeym
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HeckRuler
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Yeah, tracking how people spend their money doesn't sound like a real friendly thing to me. Do you want your mother to know everywhere you shop online? The IRS tracks income, so they know where money got spent.
But all that aside, do you really want PayPal to take a cut of your rebate?