The online petition for monthly direct payments of $2,000 has drawn more than 2,695,300 signatures.
's recent warning of short-term inflation, an ongoing petition for monthly stimulus checks of $2,000 has continued to gather signatures over the past week amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.
Denver restaurant owner Stephanie Bonin created the Change.org petition last year, which calls for the U.S. House of Representatives andto pass legislation that would provide families with a"$2,000 payment for adults and a $1,000 payment for kids immediately, and continuing regular checks for the duration of the crisis."
The petition has drawn more than 2,695,300 signatures, with about 65,000 new supporters in the past week. It will become one of Change.org's most signed petitions if it hits its goal of 3 million signatures. Bonin is confident that it will, tellingPresident Joe Biden holds a roundtable meeting with Americans who will benefit from the COVID-19 pandemic relief checks that are a part of the American Rescue Plan on March 5, 2021 in Washington, DC.
The petition has been routinely updated since it was launched during the first wave of the pandemic under the administration of former PresidentAfter Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law earlier this year, which included the third check of $1,400, Bonin said"our country is still deeply struggling. The recovery hasn't reached many Americans." She added,"We need immediate checks and recurring payments so that we can keep our heads above water.
Governments and central banks around the world have injected record amounts of money into their economies to confront the recession set off by the pandemic, including the U.S. which has passed trillions of dollars in stimulus funding.
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