Where's My Stimulus Check?
Most Americans are supposed to get $1,200 from the government as part of the CARES Act, the economic aid package congress passed a few weeks ago to help people hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Around 80 million Americans got that cash this week, but an estimated 60 million are still waiting for their checks.
These Americans — many of whom have lost their jobs and have no alternative means of income, and often have to look after their children who are now home from school — still have bills to pay, however. They have to keep the lights on and the water running and the roofs over the heads of their families and food on the table. They're terrified of what will happen if that money doesn't come soon, if at all. Worst of all, the IRS doesn't seem to have any answers.
They're stuck.
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