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CMV: The federal government has been very inefficient in their stimulus bills. The US government should have instead given every American adult 10k over a span of the year.

The federal government has approximately spent 3 trillion dollars on stimulus and relief bills this year. CARES act was about 2 trillion and this new spending bill will be approximately 1 trillion. (it hasn't been signed into law yet but eventually something like it will be). Americans have received some money directly from the bills but most of it (approximately 2/3) has gone to small businesses (PPP), state and local governments and large corporations. 

I believe this is a very inefficient way to spend money, especially tax dollars. I think that the best way to spend this money would be as follows:

In March pass a bill that gives every American adult 2k per month for 3 months.  Also give a few billion to operation warp speed. There are about 250 million adults so the total cost would amount to 1.5 trillion. No business bailouts, no wage subsidies and no wasteful spending on anything like that. State and local governments can take out debt on their own especially now that interest rates are ridiculously low. 

In the summer, pass another stimulus bill that gives every adult 1k. This is not necessary, but would be nice to have. This is about 250 billion. 

Right around now (December) pass another stimulus bill that gives every American adult an additional 3k. Also allocate some ( a few billion) to vaccine distribution efforts. This is another trillion spent. The total spent between all these programs amount to 2.75 trillion, slightly less than the current amount however IMO, the benefits would be far larger. There would be far less of a hunger/eviction problem since this money would have paid for a rather significant chunk of rent of most people. On top of that, the government wouldn't keep zombie businesses alive by pumping money into them. Airlines, restaurants, coffee shops, you name it, all of them should be allowed to go out of business. Once the economy gets back on track, new owners will come and start rehiring everyone. 

Overall, this program would be slightly cheaper, give the general population much more choice as to where their money is spent, and be better for the economy in the long run.
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> On top of that, the government wouldn't keep zombie businesses alive by pumping money into them. Airlines, restaurants, coffee shops, you name it, all of them should be allowed to go out of business. Once the economy gets back on track, new owners will come and start rehiring everyone. 

This is simply not an option. What you're proposing here is destroying entire industries and letting them rebuild on their own, which is catastrophic for the economy as a whole. 

> be better for the economy in the long run.

In the long run, you have an artificial depression due to the reduced economic output, first from the loss of such industries, and then from the reduced output as replacements try to attain pre-covid levels. This is a negative feedback loop to boot, since the economy cannot get back on track without such industries, and such industries cannot come back into a depressed economy.

You never recoup any of this either. Those years of growth will be lost forever. At no point in the future will you be better off with letting industries die out now.