Thousands of Americans living abroad received stimulus checks during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to federal data.
While that may sound incongruous with the notion of «stimulus» for the U.S. economy, lawmakers generally had a sound rationale for sending funds overseas, according to tax policy experts.
«They are casting a very broad net and [payments may] go to places where people think, 'Did they really need to go there?'» said Kyle Pomerleau, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a right-leaning think tank. «But I think the answer is generally, 'Yes.'»
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