[imtringued]

Yeah, one of the good things about just randomly throwing money at the crowd is that the crowd has a lot of brains and each brain can make the best possible decision for that person. There is no way a group of politicians is going to spend the money more efficiently.

However, without a serious CO2 tax a lot of that money will be allocated to CO2 intensive consumption.

[Ericson2314]

Yup! Vigorously seek out and tax the externalities, helicopter money, and publicly administer natural monopolies (like transit, telecommunications, electricity, etc.).

It's a great simple recipe; amazing how much ink we spill beating around the bush.