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INDIANAPOLIS–The relief bill that was passed Friday is necessary to keep America’s economy from sudden death, said Matt Will, associate professor of Finance, at the University of Indianapolis. He said that the price tag is high and that the consequences of spending $2 trillion are yet to be determined.

“This is in no way a stimulus bill. There’s nothing in it that stimulates or grows the economy,” said Will. “Think of it as the economic medicine we’re taking to hold us over until we get rid of this illness.”

LISTEN: Prof. Matt Will explains the necessity of the relief bill and talks about the consequences.

The uncertainty of the consequences comes from what’s actually in the bill.

“We’ve already heard about a lot of these loans that are being put forth in the bill, that they’re going to be forgiven.”

The loans are the money that goes to large and small businesses to keep them afloat.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) caught flack for demanding a roll call vote for the relief bill.

“This is really needed because the consequences of not spending this money is economic death, quite honestly. If you don’t spend the money on large corporations, and you don’t give the loans to small businesses and you don’t give checks to people, the businesses are gonna lay everybody off and there will be mass unemployment. If you don’t give money to households, they’re not gonna be able to pay their bills.”

Will said that people are being affected through no fault of their own, and the disaster could be large. The relief bill, for the time being, is the best way to keep that from happening.