@drahardja even the tiny stimulus checks we received in the US over the past couple years changed my life. I was able to pay off all my credit cards with the first one, bumping up my credit score enough that I could replace my old car before it died, I got a fantastic interest rate so I was able to pay that off in two years.
It was amazing how it worked out, my old car had 190,000 miles, I knew it wouldn’t last much longer, it died a week after I sold it. We don’t have public transportation here, I would die without a vehicle. Literally die.
$600 (or was the 1st one $1200?) literally saved my life.