I agree with pretty much all of this, but would add that while the stimulus was absolutely necessary, it was applied/distributed so sloppily that lots of people

I agree with pretty much all of this, but would add that while the stimulus was absolutely necessary, it was applied/distributed so sloppily that lots of people who didn’t need it wound up with tons of free money (I personally know a few) while folks who were really suffering got almost no benefit at all (too little too late). Once again, the only people who came out ahead are the ones with all the money and power in the first place.