Because according to the Federal Reserve bank in New York, the average check per household is $2,400. That's 115 million households that got a check. 115 million. Now remember, At the low point, 25 million Americans had lost their job. We sent checks to 115 million households. Four and a half times the number of people that lost their jobs. My problem with the CARES act with the first four packages is it was a shotgun approach. (07:25–07:30)
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Asserts that 25 million Americans lost their jobs at the low point of the recession.
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