The Purpose Of A Stimulus Check

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 5 p.m.

The next pandemic relief package is expected to contain a direct payment of up to $600 for qualifying Americans. What is this money supposed to do? And what did we learn about the effectiveness of direct payments from the last time Congress offered them, as a part of the CARES Act?

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