Yeah, but in the meantime the government can't stand by and let nothing happen while tens of thousands of people suffer due to the consequences of the economic cycle. If the government didn't do anything, the consequences for the laissez faire mentality would be far worse for both the American people and the Governments already spotty reputation with respect to timeliness on handling adversity.
Doing the whole head in the sand thing is a naive and far more dangerous mentaily to have.
$600 to even 3K wont help prevent people from suffering. I dunno about you, but $600 doesn't go far in this world. It covers rent for 1 month, and I'm renting just a room. If I was supporting 2 kid on my own, $1200 wouldn't even cover a month's worth of a mortgage where I live, and pray tell, how would $1200 in June help anything if I had a family to support?
This money isn't really to help us. It's to bribe us into thinking our government is trying to react.