Of the roughly 275 million adults with social-security numbers in the eurozone, some 90% are on the electoral register. Extrapolating from America’s experience in 2001, when a $300 per person social-security rebate boosted spending by about 25% of the total amount distributed, a €500 ($640) check from the ECB could increase spending by about €34 billion, or 1.4% of GDP.
欧元区有大约2.75亿拥有社会安全号的成年人，其中90%左右是注册选民。从2001年美国的经验看，每人300美元的社会保障返现能让需求增加总分配额的25%左右，来自欧洲央行的500欧元支票可以增加大约340亿欧元的支出，或GDP的1.4%。这一返现所带来的增加的税收收入能显著降低政府赤字。