> My claim is still that if comparable amounts of money were put in my own pocket, I could make sure that my family members who are of employment age would be g

> My claim is still that if comparable amounts of money were put in my own pocket, I could make sure that my family members who are of employment age would be going about producing more externalities beneficial to all society than many of the workers whose jobs have supposedly been saved by the current stimulus package. You might be able to. But I can probably find 4 families on my own block that would just spend the money on tiger print shag carpeting for their bedrooms.