"Hey we know the pandemic was tough on many essential workers we hailed as heroes and then promptly turned around and treated as entitled jerks. And we know we promised $1000 to each 'hero.' And we know we really, REALLY fucked up budgeting for it and basically the program was doomed to fail. And we know you're basically getting nothing after promising it..."

"But at least we made a big production out of trying to do something so we can pat ourselves on the back, right?"