• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    2 days ago

    Did the ARPA help you personally or anyone you know, personally?

    I don’t know anyone who actually got their student loans paid off.

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      2 days ago

      My wife did, and it’s helped a lot. I don’t know if that moves the bar for you at all. (edit: before -> bar)

    • protist@retrofed.com
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      Oh man, ARPA funded so many social service programs. Homeless services and public health in particular were hit hard when the Trump admin cancelled ARPA funding last year. Emergency shelters, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, outreach, vaccination programs, medical programs for people without insurance, and the list goes on and on, this is just off the top of my head right now

      Most of this money was distributed to local governments for local programs