Money for Nothing Check Scam?

Are you like us? It's payday, you've worked hard. To reward yourself for making it through another week, you might want to go out to dinner, maybe with your significant other. You may even see a flick or buy a new outfit. After all, on payday, you're flush, right?

Do you see this the way I do? April 15th is like the government's payday, right? They're flush, now, aren't they? So why are they borrowing money for this economic jump start check they're promising to so many?
It just had me asking more questions... like--

What did our government use for collateral to borrow that much money?
What if they don't borrow the money?
What if we didn't get checks?
What's going to happen to our economy then?
Are we postponing the inevitable?
Why wasn't 600 smackers taken right off the top of our taxes?

Has anyone thought about what's gonna happen when the money needs to be paid back?

Does any one else think that this is a con job?