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Opinion: These Americans were left out of the stimulus package and still need help to weather the coronavirus pandemic
To get bipartisan support, the CARES Act that Congress recently passed left many people out. Last-minute adjustments addressed some issues, but the Act does little for Americans who already face barriers and have no social safety net upon which to rely during this public health and economic crisis.
Future federal relief bills must include the pre-existing circumstances of Americans and provide communities with expanded, recurring guaranteed income payments that last, at least, through the coronovirus-triggered economic downturn.
This pandemic has been most costly for those already marginalized: low-income Americans and communities of color. Early data suggests that black Americans are the most likely to die from coronavirus and that doctors are less likely to refer black Americans for testing when they visit a clinic with symptoms. Black and brown people have also been hardest economically, with particularly at-risk industries employing a larger-than-average share of minority populations. In March alone, the black unemployment rate rose to 6.7% from 5.8%, while the Latinx unemployment rate rose to 6.0% from 4.4%. Simultaneously, black and brown workers who are still employed, particularly those in essential industries like trucking and farming, are the least likely to have paid sick leave or the luxury to work from home.
These disparities unfortunately aren’t new. Even before the pandemic, black and brown Americans had disproportionately high rates of diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. Even in the best of times, the health care system hasn’t been designed for people of color. Almost 11% of the black population and 18% of the Latinx population is uninsured and the health care they receive is of lower quality. Black Americans hold about one-tenth of the wealth of white Americans, while brown women made just 54 cents to every dollar earned by white men. "
Apparently when the former fake so-called president tRump was in there, he directed his goons who had their clutches on Social Security Adm. to not send those files over to the IRS in order to ensure people who were not required to file taxes who are on Social Security Retirement, SSDI, Disability, etc. to give them all the shaft or deny them their stimulus payments.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/c...o-weather-the-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-04-14
To get bipartisan support, the CARES Act that Congress recently passed left many people out. Last-minute adjustments addressed some issues, but the Act does little for Americans who already face barriers and have no social safety net upon which to rely during this public health and economic crisis.
Future federal relief bills must include the pre-existing circumstances of Americans and provide communities with expanded, recurring guaranteed income payments that last, at least, through the coronovirus-triggered economic downturn.
This pandemic has been most costly for those already marginalized: low-income Americans and communities of color. Early data suggests that black Americans are the most likely to die from coronavirus and that doctors are less likely to refer black Americans for testing when they visit a clinic with symptoms. Black and brown people have also been hardest economically, with particularly at-risk industries employing a larger-than-average share of minority populations. In March alone, the black unemployment rate rose to 6.7% from 5.8%, while the Latinx unemployment rate rose to 6.0% from 4.4%. Simultaneously, black and brown workers who are still employed, particularly those in essential industries like trucking and farming, are the least likely to have paid sick leave or the luxury to work from home.
These disparities unfortunately aren’t new. Even before the pandemic, black and brown Americans had disproportionately high rates of diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. Even in the best of times, the health care system hasn’t been designed for people of color. Almost 11% of the black population and 18% of the Latinx population is uninsured and the health care they receive is of lower quality. Black Americans hold about one-tenth of the wealth of white Americans, while brown women made just 54 cents to every dollar earned by white men. "
Apparently when the former fake so-called president tRump was in there, he directed his goons who had their clutches on Social Security Adm. to not send those files over to the IRS in order to ensure people who were not required to file taxes who are on Social Security Retirement, SSDI, Disability, etc. to give them all the shaft or deny them their stimulus payments.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/c...o-weather-the-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-04-14
