Calling them “stimulus checks” goes hand-in-hand with the wingnut mantra that “the best stimulus is a job!” You get to go out to the cameras and imply that the problem lies not in people having no money, but that “small businesses” (i.e. their big business donors) don’t have enough money to “create jobs,” so the ideal situation is not giving people money to spend but giving businesses more money and lower taxes.

And the people who don’t have jobs because businesses are either going under or scaling back in the face of reduced demand due to the ongoing pandemic? You just stick to the BS about how they’re all a bunch of “moochers” who want a “handout” rather than being productive by getting jobs.