"John Boehner, GOP, had a suggestion, though, that seemed it should be looked at. He said (paraphrased) that the federal government should be allocating the money to the states rather than doing it from the federal level because the states already know the need and have the means set up to get money into the hands of the people quickly, much faster than a federal program can."

Ebbie sez: "The downside of that, probably, is that monitoring, oversight, would be a nightmare."

Sorry to disagree, but the state governments, all 50 of them, must be assumed to be honest and capable of doing such a job.