They don’t call it stimulus for nothing

Go ahead and spend it.

With checks for up to $1,200 per individual filtering into American households from the $2.2 trillion CARES Act, the federal rescue package aimed at blunting the financial impact of COVID-19 relies on people putting money into the economy — not just hanging onto it.

What exactly that means, however, is subject to interpretation. Certainly for those in most dire need — whether furloughed, laid off or thrown out of a livelihood altogether — just meeting the necessities such as food, utilities and housing (rent or…