Pretty sure it was because the states had outdated computer systems to send funds to the right places: > Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said in March on Fox

Pretty sure it was because the states had outdated computer systems to send funds to the right places: > Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said in March on Fox News that the $600 bonus was chosen because states' computer systems are more than 30 years old. Reprogramming the computers to achieve what he described as a more nuanced distribution of money would have taken too long. > “In certain states, that might be a little bit too much money. In other states, it’s less money. It’s not a perfect system, but the president’s objective was to make sure we get money in people's hands,” Mnuchin said. Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/04/13/fact-check-cares-act-coronavirus-gives-some-unemployed-workers-24-hour/5127242002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/04/13/fac...