Even more confusing than this — I’ve filed my taxes scrupulously for decades. Last week, we got a letter telling us our stimulus checks were on the way.

And I’m a legal immigrant, and yet we get two checks. Which to be honest are handy but we don’t desperately need and will donate half of.

$2400 for a family will keep them going for maybe two weeks.

It’s madness. In Germany, legislators stayed working until 2AM to pass a bill to give each freelancer €5000 — so the money would be there before the end of the month. They had already done salaried employees a few days before but wanted to get this done in a timely fashion.

When Americans talk about their leaders “serving their country” I just want to laugh.