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Fourth Stimulus Check? Billionaires Pandemic Profits Could Easily Fund Two More Payments
On 5/2/21 at 11:45 AM EDT
As millions of Americans call for further stimulus checks and a growing number of lawmakers urge President Biden to support more direct payments, billionaires pandemic profits alone could easily fund two more direct payments to all Americans with change left to spare.
Congress has thus far approved three rounds of direct stimulus checks since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the first for $1,200 being approved in March 2020 followed by a second payment of $600 in December. Under President Joe Biden s American Rescue Plan, which was passed and signed in March, most Americans received another $1,400 payment. Now more than 2 million Americans have signed a Change.org petition calling for recurring monthly stimulus checks of $2,000 as dozens of lawmakers have urged Biden to support a similar proposal.
By Zuri Anderson
Apr 30, 2021
Stimulus checks have continued to be a topic of discussion not just federally but among various states and cities. Some local governments have gone as far as to institute monthly direct payments to eligible people and families.
According to
KOMO, Growing Resilience in Tacoma (GRIT) will be opening applications this summer. Reporters said this is a guaranteed income pilot program that plans to give dozens of people $500 a month for 12 months. These are direct payments with no strings attached, too.
KING 5 said the program will also focus on ALICE households – which stands for Asset Limited Income Constraint but Employed. These households have an income but doesn t have enough saved to cover financial emergencies.
Joe Biden Touts Stimulus Checks, As Americans Ask If There Will Be Fourth Round
On 4/29/21 at 6:41 AM EDT
President Joe Biden touted stimulus checks that have been sent to millions of Americans during his address to Congress on Wednesday, but many are asking if there will be a fourth round of the payments.
Google searches for topics like Biden fourth stimulus and Will Americans get a fourth stimulus check? saw significant rises on Wednesday, according to Google Trends.
Searches for Biden fourth stimulus and Biden fourth stimulus check increased 250 percent on the day the president delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress.