“small businessmen that are having trouble hiring people.”
True, OTOH the money goes to their consumers to spend at their businesses. And to landlords, etc to spend there.
Does seem like it would be better to give all, not just the categorically unemployed, money to spend. What a crazy situation.
“True, OTOH the money goes to their consumers to spend at their businesses.”
A lot of those businesses are closed because they can’t hire people.
This is a lesson in the most fundamental aspect of economics. Supply comes before demand. Money without products to buy is as useful as tits on a boar.