Means-testing it isn't necessarily that difficult. When Australia implemented the same idea during the GFC, it was paid out on a scale up to ~$130k based on the

Means-testing it isn't necessarily that difficult. When Australia implemented the same idea during the GFC, it was paid out on a scale up to ~$130k based on the previous year's income tax report. Whilst not perfect, I'd be willing to bet good money that it correlates pretty decently well across financial years. It was also distributed via direct electronic funds transfer in the most case (as that's how the vast majority opt to receive a tax return), so it was pretty frictionless here because all of that infromation was readily on hand. That may not apply in the US, I don't know.