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Lower house OKs record ¥36 tril extra budget for stimulus

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Consumer demand is still down (due to the pandemic's restrictions and ensuring inflation and the hike in the consumption tax), so this fiscal boost is needed. The bonds ("the debt") can be purchased by the BOJ and they give a negative yield anyway....so let 'er rip!!!!

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Since I don't have young children anymore, I won't see a yen of it. But my taxes are paying for it. Something is wrong here.

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Awesome!

Free money for japanese!

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Kishida's government had originally planned that local governments would first send 50,000 yen in cash and the remainder in vouchers but later decided to allow them to deliver 100,000 yen entirely in cash.

Arigato Kishida!

Ei! Ei! Ooooooooh!

Ei! Ei! Ooooooooooooooh!

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