Twilight Zone episode for Republicans who want to "restart the economy"

[DBoon]

They say they are willing to accept more Coronavirus deaths in exchange for prosperity and wealth. Someone else dies, they get rich.

Well, there was a Twilight Zone episode just for them:

Arthur and Norma Lewis live in a low-rent tenement and are slowly descending into abject poverty. One day they receive a mysterious locked box with a button atop it and a note that says Mr. Steward will come visit. Then, just as the note said, a smartly dressed stranger who introduces himself as Mr. Steward comes to their door while Arthur is away. He gives Norma the key to the box and explains that if they press the button, then two things will happen: they will receive $200,000, but, consequently, someone "[whom they] don't know" will die.

After the stranger leaves, Arthur and Norma wonder whether Steward's proposal is genuine, and they debate on whether to press the button. Norma rationalizes that they could make good use of the money and that the one who dies might be an old Chinese peasant or a person with cancer. Arthur hypothesizes that pressing the button could cause the death of an innocent baby. They open the box and discover it to be empty, with no mechanism that the button could for whatever purpose activate.

Arthur angrily throws the box in the trash and tells Norma to forget the whole scheme. He remarks that Mr. Steward can find his $200,000 in the city dump; however, after Arthur goes to bed, Norma retrieves the box from the tenement's dumpster. The next day, as Arthur leaves for work he sees Norma sitting at the kitchen table transfixed by the button. Finally, she decides to push the button much to her husband's disgust.

The next day, Mr. Steward returns and takes back the box, giving the shocked couple a briefcase with the $200,000. Norma asks what is to be done with the money, to which Steward remarks that they should spend it. Norma also asks what will happen to the box and Steward replies that the button will be "reprogrammed" and offered to someone else with the same terms and conditions. Just before leaving, Steward focuses on Norma and ominously states "I can assure you it will be offered to someone whom you don't know"..

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. I believe that there was a movie made around this exact same plot (w/Frank Langella I believe)