My colleague Hans Bader takes a look at the social aspects of the stimulus package:

Thanks to the fact that my wife had massive amounts of accumulated leave (which she cashed out or used) and paid maternity leave (which she used), her pay last year was substantial even though she stopped working early in the year to take care of our baby daughter – but it still didn’t reach $75,000, so if she were single, she still would have gotten a rebate. But if you add my pay, and some investment income, we’re over the $150,000 threshold for married couples for getting a rebate. We’re considered too rich for a rebate!If my wife were single, she’d qualify for a rebate for our daughter, too.

After all, married families aren’t likely to be the ones in trouble during the current financial crisis, are they? How dare anyone suggest otherwise?