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Twitter users are comparing the $600 stimulus to the French Revolution phrase 'let them eat cake,' saying the check won't be enough to keep Americans from falling into poverty

Demonstrators rally near the Capitol Hill residence of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to call for the extension of unemployment benefits on July 22.A new coronavirus stimulus package is finally set to be passed. The last one expired at the end of July.

Initial government relief likely saved millions of Americans from falling into poverty, but as those measures expired and the pandemic dragged on, the percentage of Americans in poverty increased to nearly 12% in November.

 

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