I think people take for granted that our economy could be in a much, much worse position right now given the events of 2020.
They were completely unnecessary for a LOT of people. I can guarantee almost no one on HN needed a stimulus check. If you were working a white collar job remotely you did not need one. Those checks should not have been given to anyone that was still employed through this. It was all a political game to garner votes.
>I'm really curious what you think a superior solution to the COVID economy would have been.
To not shutdown businesses that needed to be physically open to survive. You really think those checks helped out all those small restaurants/bars/etc. that weren't even allowed to be open during all of this?
Additionally, they sent a bunch of money to other countries so we'll get to pay for that as well.
Totally agree here. They were unnecessary for me and a lot of people I know. But if we're talking about stimulus checks as a whole, I think they were beneficial to a lot of people out there who were out of jobs or had their hours cut drastically.
Also, as someone else mentioned the people who did need the checks were also being covered by other forms of welfare by the time the last one went out and you still have people getting checks that could easily go back to work now but are choosing not to.