Petition for Monthly Stimulus Checks Reaches 2.25 Million Signatures as Author Laments Deeply Struggling Americans
On 6/1/21 at 10:46 AM EDT
A Change.org petition calling for monthly $2,000 stimulus checks has reached 2.25 million signatures roughly 750,000 names away from reaching its goal of 3 million. Our country is still deeply struggling, wrote Stephanie Bonin, the creator of the petition. The recovery hasn t reached many Americans the true unemployment rate for low-wage workers is estimated at over 20% and many people face large debts from last year for things like utilities, rent and child care.
Bonin, a restaurant owner in Denver, is calling for the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate to pass legislation that will provide monthly $2,000 payments for adults and $1,000 payments for children until the coronavirus pandemic is over.
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