The spending went up dramatically when the very issue that we're talking about here today, which is these Biden Covid bonuses, they were designed to be in response to the pandemic when they were enacted in 2021. Now, In 2021, as most people remember, we were kind of past the pandemic. and that particular legislation, the inflation Reduction act, so called Inflation reduction Act, obviously not the case passed in August of 2021. (09:31–09:37)
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Asserts that by 2021, the pandemic was largely past.
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