OpinionViewpointsThe Stimulus Checks Probably Won’t Do MuchCopyFacebookXTruthGettrLinkedInTelegramEmailSaveA customer holds $100 notes in a file photo. Adek Berry/AFP/Getty ImagesBy Nicole Russell4/19/2020Updated: 4/20/2020PrintCommentaryMore than 170 million Americans are supposed to receive stimulus checks intended to temporarily offset the damage the CCP virus has done to the economy.