Except my message, unlike yours above, didn't give me a date.

And it was neither "simple" nor "quick". It took a dozen tries, the system kept crashing, or didn't work at all, and it was spread out over several days. Fortunately, I'm retired, I had plenty of free time on my hands.

Not that it matters. I don't really need the money (its going straight into savings whenever I do get it), and I know I'll get it eventually. But what about the guy who lives paycheck to paycheck, who has a rent bill and a pick-up truck note to sweat, and a hungry baby screaming in his trailer? How much relief is he going to get for his $2400 + $500 per dependent? About 72 hours worth? Obamacare cost a lot less than the stimulus, and a lot more people would have benefited for a lot longer.

Besides, writing random checks to people is not the way to deal with this kind of crisis. Its just a way to get the redhats to vote for you in November.