Our “economic stimulus payment” arrived in the mail today.
The name below that term on the check’s memo line read “President Donald J. Trump.”
Gosh. What am I supposed to do now? Do I swoon over the fact that Donald Trump’s name appears on the memo line? Would I do so were I a dedicated adherent to the cult of personality that Trump seems to have cultivated?
I cannot put myself into the shoes of one of those folks.
I looked at the payment. We signed it. We’re going to deposit it into the bank. I will not give another thought — not even a passing thought — to the name on the memo line. You see, this payment was much less Donald Trump’s doing than that of the Treasury secretary and the leaders of both congressional chambers; and, by howdy, that includes the Democrats who control the House and who comprise a substantial minority in the Senate.
How much heavy lifting did Donald John Trump do to bring this payment to one American household? My best guess: hardly any.