Labor Notes: $1,200 per Adult, $500 per Child: Stimulus Bill Nears Passage

Below is an excerpt from an op-ed by Amy Hanauer, ITEP’s executive director, published in Labor Notes. 

The economic catastrophe made this middle-of-the-night package urgent. Unemployment is spiking in ways never before seen and without it, a starkly unequal nation with a badly frayed safety net faces possible Depression-era pain. Today’s bill, while not perfect, will begin to provide some relief.

The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), the sister organization of the labor-foundedadvocacy group Citizens for Tax Justice, closely watched the dueling plans before this final deal emerged. The deal must be approved by both the House and the Senate, a complicated challenge when members of both bodies have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and cannot vote in person.

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