The Week contest: Swift stimulus
This week's question: Taylor Swift's recently concluded Eras tour generated more than $5 billion in secondary consumer spending in its first few months alone. If Congress were to introduce legislation encouraging Swift to get back on the road and stimulate the economy some more, what should the bill be titled?
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THE WINNER: "The Accrual Summer Act"
John Keefe, Mount Vernon, Washington
SECOND PLACE: "The Economic Recovery and Stimulus (ERAS) Act"
Kevin Korpi, New Braunfels, Texas
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THIRD PLACE: "The Shake Debt Off Act"
George Strong, Plano, Texas
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"The Tay Tay Pay Day Act"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vermont
"The Travis/Taylor Economy Bailer"
Russ Morton, Eagle War, Alaska
"The Tortured Economists Department"
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Virginia
"Swift Economics (Taylor's Version)"
Francesca Greggs, Los Angeles, California
"The Tay-Ching! Act"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"IRAs Tour"
Don Hamlyn, Corvallis, Oregon
"A Swift Kick in the Assets"
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
"Taylor Swift: Rebux"
Stanley J. Serxner, Raleigh, North Carolina
"Pay It Off"
Michael Maggio, Galloway, New Jersey
"Look What You Made Me! Dough"
Tim Wortman, Huntington Beach, California
"The S.W.I.F.T. (Save Washington in Financial Trouble) Act"
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania
"In the Red Nevermore"
Lisa Kromanaker, Madison, Wisconsin
"Play It Again, Tay"
Thomas Reinhart, Tampa, Florida
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