Here’s how badly millions of Americans want a new stimulus check

[Andy Meek]

Last year, a Colorado restaurant owner named Stephanie Bonin started a petition on Change.org calling for recurring stimulus checks. The one-and-done coronavirus relief payments that President Trump had signed into law -- one for $1,200 near the start of the pandemic, and another stimulus check for $600 at the end of 2020 -- were not sufficient, and Bonin also felt the same way about the one-time $1,400 stimulus check the federal government sent out under President Biden earlier this year. Enough people are struggling financially that Bonin's petition demands that Americans get a new stimulus check. Every month, going forward, for $2,000.

"I’m calling on Congress to support 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," her petition reads. "Otherwise, laid-off workers, furloughed workers, the self-employed, and workers dealing with reduced hours will struggle to pay their rent or put food on the table." And people seem to agree with her, in a big way.

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