Donald Trump finally ratified the millionaire plan …

Under pressure from legislators in all areas and almost a week late, President Donald Trump ratified the new plan to help the US economy, extending the benefits to millions of citizens struggling with the pandemic and the acute economic crisis. In the statement released on Sunday evening, Trump attempted to adopt a triumphant tone and Despite the fact that he is due to leave his post in a few days, he exclaimed: “I will never give up my fight for the Americans!”. He also called on Congress to increase aid checks to Americans from $ 600 to $ 2,000. The suggestion has been well received by various Democratic figures, although Republican lawmakers are choosing to remain silent for now.

The packet 900 billion dollars, which “provides emergency coronavirus response and relief”, is part of broader legislation will avoid a government shutdown or “shutdown” from next Tuesday. Trump’s change in attitude came after a few days marked by phone calls from all walks of America’s political spectrum to avert social and economic catastrophe, especially for the most vulnerable population. Two federal programs including benefits for the unemployed, approved in March as part of the first aid plan for the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, expired at midnight Saturday, excluding twelve million Americans, according to progressive think tank The Century Foundation.

From “shame” to the signing of the project

“I am signing this bill to restore unemployment benefits, end evictions, provide rental assistance, add funds to the business loan program, fire our airline workers to work, add a lot more money for vaccines and more, ”the outgoing president said in a statement from his home in Mar-a-Lago, Fla., where he is on vacation.

The stimulus package, approved by Congress on December 21, will extend these grants, along with others that will expire in the coming days. For days, however, Trump objected to his signing, even calling it an “embarrassment” and catching Republicans and Democrats by surprise with his critics, which came after months of arduous negotiations.

The influential Republican Senator Mitt Romney He said he was “relieved” by the president’s signature. “Help is now on its way to the workers, families and small businesses across the country who desperately need it.”he wrote on Twitter. For his part, the Senate majority leader, Mitch mcconnell, welcomed the signing of the bill.

“I welcome the President’s decision to bring billions of dollars in crucial COVID-19 aid through the door to American families.”the Kentucky Republican tweeted. The Democratic President of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, qualified the invoice as “a look at what it takes to crush the virus, put money in Americans’ pockets and honor our heroes”.

Before Trump’s change of mind was known, the Democratic Senator Bernie sanders had declared: “What the president is doing is incredibly cruel. “. She later said on her Twitter account: “Now Trump must get Mitch McConnell and his Republican friends in the Senate to pass a law providing for direct payments of $ 2,000 to the working class, legislation that I introduced with (l ‘current Vice President and former Senator Kamala Harris and (Senator) Edward Markey.

The new stimulus package extends federal assistance to the unemployed until mid-March and provides secured loans and billions of dollars in aid to small businesses, restaurants, hotels, airlines and other businesses. It also extends moratoriums on evictions for people who cannot pay their rent, suspends foreclosures and provides funds for the distribution of covid-19 vaccines.

“People will die without this money”

Aid approved by Trump is essential for the world’s largest economy, hit hard by restrictions enacted to tackle the spread of the coronavirus. Millions of families who lost their jobs during the pandemic and continue to struggle have had no choice but to wait for the President’s delayed decision.

This is the case with Deseree and Matthew Coxswain, Who is it had almost zero income since August, when Matthew He was fired from a company dedicated to pest control. His claim for unemployment benefits in the state of Florida was never approved. The $ 300 per week that Matthew, 38, drive for By Dash, food delivery service, are not enough to cover the bills, rent and food for themselves and their two children.

The Coxes ran out of savings and had to move from South Florida to Indianapolis to lower the cost of living. But now they urgently need the extended unemployment benefits, housing assistance, eviction moratoria and out-of-pocket payments promised by the new stimulus package.

Deseree cannot even afford the medicine her child needs. “People will die without this money”the 37-year-old mother raised to Washington Post. “To lawmakers, $ 600 to $ 2,000 seems like so little. But to the American people, right now, that’s it.”.

For its part Lilli Rayne from North Carolina, dog walker, is also going through a very delicate situation. “It’s been a lot to deal with. Basically for me my day is over, and a big part of my day now is staying home and waiting for this to end“he said The Guardian. Rayne’s $ 600 financial aid will barely cover “some of my credit card debt, so interest doesn’t kill me in 2021”.