E-commerce firm Pattern just gave us an insight into what people have been buying with their stimulus money.
This is what those trends showed:
Yep, the top three items were the PlayStation 5, an erotic toy, and summer dresses.
Searches for the PS5 alone jumped 551%!
I was told repeatedly that millions of people would be lifted out of poverty when we indiscriminately sent stimmies to everyone and anyone.
I recall a long line of Democratic lawmakers celebrating how kids would not go hungry and families would have more opportunities.
Seems video games, sex toys, and clothes are more important!
At least Amazon is happy.
Here's a chart showing the breakdown by category:
Well, at least there's all the extra money going to a hundred different government agencies for anti-poverty work.
It's not like that's been tried for 50 years and never worked, or that previous government stimulus bills like Obama's saw hundreds of billions of dollars just disappear.