雖然許多人還沒有領到第三輪1,400美元的紓困金,但已經(jīng)有人開始呼吁政府發(fā)放第四輪紓困金。
超過230萬人在Change.org網(wǎng)站上請愿,呼吁政府繼續(xù)發(fā)放2,000美元成年人補助和1,000美元兒童補助。3月底,有21位民主黨參議員(包括伊麗莎白?沃倫和伯尼?桑德斯在內(nèi))致信喬?拜登總統(tǒng),支持繼續(xù)發(fā)放紓困金和自動延長失業(yè)補助。
信中表示:“都會研究所(Urban Institute)的一項研究顯示,一次直接發(fā)放1,200美元、延長加強版失業(yè)補助以及其他救濟措施,可以幫助1,200萬人擺脫貧困,而第二輪直接補助可以再幫助630萬人的生活水平維持在貧困線以上。”
然而,面對這種呼聲,拜登政府似乎并不贊同發(fā)放第四輪紓困金。周四,白宮新聞秘書珍?普薩基淡化了繼續(xù)發(fā)放紓困金的可能性。
她表示:“總統(tǒng)很高興聽到各方面就對經(jīng)濟發(fā)展最有效和最重要的措施發(fā)表意見。但他也表示當務之急是讓民眾恢復就業(yè),順利度過這段關鍵時期,以及提高我們的長遠競爭力。”
雖然美國經(jīng)濟正在好轉(zhuǎn),但據(jù)勞工部(Labor Department)的數(shù)據(jù)顯示,美國5月失業(yè)率依舊達到5.8%。雖然這與4月6.1%的失業(yè)率相比有所好轉(zhuǎn),但新增就業(yè)遠不及預期。上個月,公司新創(chuàng)造就業(yè)崗位55.9萬個,低于分析師預測的67.1萬個。
雖然拜登政府當前的工作重點是通過基礎設施建設一攬子計劃,但某些州的民眾依舊有可能領到額外補助金。例如,加州州長加文?紐森提議擴大該州的“金州刺激”紓困計劃,在已經(jīng)發(fā)放的600美元基礎上,再向年收入低于75,000美元的家庭發(fā)放600美元。在美國政府3月份通過的經(jīng)濟刺激法案中,有3,500億美元補助金可以由州和地方政府直接發(fā)放給本地居民。美國財政部(Treasury Department)上個月針對這比資金的使用發(fā)布了一系列規(guī)定。
拜登的“美國家庭計劃”如果獲得通過,也能提供一些救濟。該計劃將把每月250美元兒童稅收抵免政策延長至2025年。(財富中文網(wǎng))
翻譯:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
雖然許多人還沒有領到第三輪1,400美元的紓困金,但已經(jīng)有人開始呼吁政府發(fā)放第四輪紓困金。
超過230萬人在Change.org網(wǎng)站上請愿,呼吁政府繼續(xù)發(fā)放2,000美元成年人補助和1,000美元兒童補助。3月底,有21位民主黨參議員(包括伊麗莎白?沃倫和伯尼?桑德斯在內(nèi))致信喬?拜登總統(tǒng),支持繼續(xù)發(fā)放紓困金和自動延長失業(yè)補助。
信中表示:“都會研究所(Urban Institute)的一項研究顯示,一次直接發(fā)放1,200美元、延長加強版失業(yè)補助以及其他救濟措施,可以幫助1,200萬人擺脫貧困,而第二輪直接補助可以再幫助630萬人的生活水平維持在貧困線以上。”
然而,面對這種呼聲,拜登政府似乎并不贊同發(fā)放第四輪紓困金。周四,白宮新聞秘書珍?普薩基淡化了繼續(xù)發(fā)放紓困金的可能性。
她表示:“總統(tǒng)很高興聽到各方面就對經(jīng)濟發(fā)展最有效和最重要的措施發(fā)表意見。但他也表示當務之急是讓民眾恢復就業(yè),順利度過這段關鍵時期,以及提高我們的長遠競爭力。”
雖然美國經(jīng)濟正在好轉(zhuǎn),但據(jù)勞工部(Labor Department)的數(shù)據(jù)顯示,美國5月失業(yè)率依舊達到5.8%。雖然這與4月6.1%的失業(yè)率相比有所好轉(zhuǎn),但新增就業(yè)遠不及預期。上個月,公司新創(chuàng)造就業(yè)崗位55.9萬個,低于分析師預測的67.1萬個。
雖然拜登政府當前的工作重點是通過基礎設施建設一攬子計劃,但某些州的民眾依舊有可能領到額外補助金。例如,加州州長加文?紐森提議擴大該州的“金州刺激”紓困計劃,在已經(jīng)發(fā)放的600美元基礎上,再向年收入低于75,000美元的家庭發(fā)放600美元。在美國政府3月份通過的經(jīng)濟刺激法案中,有3,500億美元補助金可以由州和地方政府直接發(fā)放給本地居民。美國財政部(Treasury Department)上個月針對這比資金的使用發(fā)布了一系列規(guī)定。
拜登的“美國家庭計劃”如果獲得通過,也能提供一些救濟。該計劃將把每月250美元兒童稅收抵免政策延長至2025年。(財富中文網(wǎng))
翻譯:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
While many people still haven’t received their third round $1,400 stimulus checks, the push is already on in some corners for a fourth round.
More than 2.3 million people have signed a Change.org petition calling for recurring $2,000 payments to adults and $1,000 payments for children. And at the end of March, 21 Senate Democrats (including Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders) sent a letter to President Joe Biden supporting the idea of recurring payments and automatic unemployment insurance extensions.
“An Urban Institute study suggests that a single direct payment of $1,200 combined with an extension of enhanced unemployment insurance and other assistance could keep 12 million people out of poverty, and adding a second direct payment could keep an additional 6.3 million people above the poverty line,” the group wrote.
Despite the calls, though, the Biden administration doesn’t seem to be behind the idea of a fourth check. On Thursday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki downplayed the likelihood of another round of stimulus payments.
“He’s happy to hear from a range of ideas on what would be most effective and what’s most important to the economy moving forward,” Psaki said. “But he’s also proposed what he thinks is going to be the most effective for the short term for putting people back to work, to getting through this pivotal period of time, and also to making us more competitive in the long term.”
While the economy is improving, 5.8% of the country was still without work in May, according to the Labor Department. That was better than April’s 6.1%, but new jobs fell short of expectations. Companies created 559,000 new jobs last month, but analysts were expecting 671,000.
While the Biden administration for now appears focused on passing an infrastructure spending package, residents in some states could still see additional funds. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, for example, has proposed $600 payments to families that make up to $75,000, an expansion of California’s Golden State Stimulus program, which has already sent out $600 payments. And the March economic stimulus package included $350 billion in aid for state and local governments that can be used to make direct payments to their citizens. The Treasury Department last month released a set of rules for spending the money.
Biden’s American Families Plan, if passed, could also provide some relief. That plan would extend the $250 monthly child tax credit through 2025.