Petition for fourth stimulus check passes 2.8 million signatures
More than 2.8 million Americans have now signed a petition on change.org asking for monthly $2,000 payments to be made to every adult American and $1,000 to every child for as long as the pandemic continues. A bill proposing similar measures was introduced to the Senate last May by Senators, including now Vice-President Kamala Harris, but not taken up.
The petition was started last year by restaurant owner Stephanie Bonin and has started to gain headlines, and signatories, again amid fears around the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19. However, experts believe it's unlikely there will be a fourth check as the economy starts to pick up. But that hasn't stopped cruel rumors being posted on social media...
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lovemoney staff
16 August 2021
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