Are There Costs To The New Stimulus Bill?
Spring Hope Enterprise & The Bailey News (NC)
The new COVID-19 relief bill is big - really big, as Barney Fife would say. It will provide $1.9 trillion of federal government spending to people, businesses, state and local governments and a variety of other institutions. This is in addition to $4 trillion of help approved last year.
The logic of this assistance is straightforward. Without the funding, many households would have been destitute, lacking the essentials for living. Also, many more businesses would have become bankrupt. Even with the help, some economists estimate the small business bankruptcy rate may reach 25%.
U.S. adds 379 K jobs, in hopeful sign for economy. U.S. adds 379 K jobs, in hopeful sign for economy. U.S. employers added a robust 379,000 jobs last month, the most since October and a sign that the economy is strengthening as confirmed viral cases drop, consumers spend more and states and cities ease business restrictions.
Some Senate Democrats are urging President Joe Biden to overhaul the nation's approach to handing out stimulus payments, the direct financial relief deployed by Congress to help millions of Americans affected by the economic collapse that followed the coronavirus pandemic.
Democrats Push COVID-19 Relief Bill, Expect Passage This Week
Boston Herald (MA)
Feb. 23 Democrats on Monday advanced the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, teeing up a House vote to pass the massive package later this week, according to Massachusetts Rep. Richard Neal.
The American Rescue Plan would result in $1,400 stimulus checks to many Americans and extended temporary unemployment benefits. I fully anticipate that it will pass the House of Representatives in a very disciplined manner on Friday, Neal said during a press conference in Springfield on Monday. I hope by end of March people will start to feel it, he said of the additional stimulus payments.
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Chase Young was really getting triple-teamed six games into his NFL career @youngchase907@WashingtonNFLpic.twitter.com/nl7TmDk7Im The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) February 18, 2021
Washington played with 5 DBs on the field (nickel personnel) over 60% of the time. When Landon Collins went out with an injury, those 5 DBs were:
-Fuller/Darby out wide
-Deep free safety
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