Pay everyone $1500 to get vaccineIt is a stimulus check & big vaccine incentive rolled into one Result: more people get vaccine, it saves lives, helps people financially, and the $400 B pays for itself w/ economic boost from ending pandemic RT if you agree #vaccinestimulus— John Delaney (@JohnDelaney) November 20, 2020
The problem is that vaccine rollout will be anything but uniformly distributed even in the best case. Completely tying it to vaccination will most likely ensure that the people who could use the money the most will have a harder time actually getting it. Having it as a smaller bonus stimulus on top of a noncontingent rollout of checks is a better plan imo. Also weakens the case that antivax psychos will try to make, since it's less obviously coercive if it's "just a bonus".
The problem is that vaccine rollout will be anything but uniformly distributed even in the best case. Completely tying it to vaccination will most likely ensure that the people who could use the money the most will have a harder time actually getting it. Having it as a smaller bonus stimulus on top of a noncontingent rollout of checks is a better plan imo. Also weakens the case that antivax psychos will try to make, since it's less obviously coercive if it's "just a bonus".