See, I get that it's a "refund of taxes". The problem is calling it a "stimulus" check. That is a complete misnomer. It will do nothing to stimulate anything. Just call it an extra refund, for cripes sake! And compared to what we make in retirement, we DO pay a massive amount of taxes, relative to what we make. I always have to pay extra taxes if the DH makes a dime over his retirement pay. That is just not right. In fact, I think they owe me a few more extra refunds.