We're Paying for Coronavirus Stimulus by Printing Money

Debates over coronavirus stimulus have focused on whether the benefits of spending are worth increasing the national debt. But the U.S. government will never have to pay back much of that debt — because it owes the money to the Federal Reserve.

Millions of stimulus payments were mailed as prepaid debit cards. Some say they look like scams.

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