Just remember, We, are not in the club. The CLUB members got inside info that everything was getting shut down. They even profited from it. Also, Look who "Escaped" and is having a Wonderful Vacation outside the U.S.
The rest of us got FOOD STAMPS.
6 million people enrolled for food stamps in the first 3 months of the US coronavirus outbreak as America's superrich kept getting wealthier
The first three months of the coronavirus pandemic saw six million people sign up to receive food stamps, while the wealth of America's superrich grew by almost 20%, according to multiple reports.
The demand for food stamps grew by around 17% between February and May, and around one in eight Americans now receive them, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
Meanwhile, by the beginning of June — roughly the same period the food stamps program saw its fastest-ever expansion, according to The Times — the wealth of the country's richest people had increased by around $565 trillion, an analysis by the Institute for Policy Studies found.
America's wealth gap may be set to widen further.
Thirty of the 42 states analysed by The Times experienced double-digit growth in demand for the benefit, with Florida — which depends strongly on the hospitality industry — seeing the biggest demand.
During the pandemic, President Donald Trump has accelerated access to what is formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), The Times reported.
The streamlining of SNAP suspended reviews of existing cases in order to focus on new ones, which in turn could be processed without interviews, according to The Times.
At the same time, the expiration of the CARES Act — which offers an extra $600 a week in unemployment benefits — is due to expire on or before the end of July, according to the Department of Labor. The benefit disqualifies people from SNAP.
The Trump administration signaled in June that it could replace the $600 benefit with a bonus for those who get back into work, according to USA Today. But this could end up fueling even greater demand for food stamps, as millions more would then be eligible.
During the same period of uncertainty for millions of Americans, an analysis by the Institute for Policy Studies think tank found that the wealth of the very richest has grown by almost 20%, as Business Insider's Taylor Nicole Rogers reported.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/6-million-people-enrolled-food-121958684.html