ThyBlackMan.com) “I wish they would put themselves — the White House and Congress and everybody else making these decisions — in the shoes of us, the normal working people, who need help due to no fault of our own. I’m asking to be able to keep my apartment. To be able to live, and not live on the street. I’m not asking to be put in a golden apartment or anything. I just want to be able to live.” – Unemployed teacher Stephanie Lott, quoted in Earlier this week, it appeared President Trump was about to sign the long-overdue -and grossly inadequate — COVID-19 relief legislation that Congress passed on Monday night. As of Christmas Eve, however, the fate of the bill remained uncertain as President Trump threatened to veto the bill unless the amount of direct payment checks were increased from $600 to $2,000.