The total amount of activity should be spread over at least three days throughout the week.

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During the internet bubble, managers exercising fat packages of stock options paid a lot of tax at once, instead of a lesser amount spread over several years.

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Thus, the same amount of income spread over more people leads to greater consumer spending.

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The banks got a fixed dollar amount that will be spread proportionately to everyone in population with no assessment of harm.

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