How Far Does A $1200 Stimulus Check Go For American Families? | TODAY

Nearly 50 million Americans have now received their stimulus checks, with more coming each week. But is it enough to keep American families afloat? NBC senior national correspondent Kate Snow talks to several families who are struggling.

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How Far Does A $1200 Stimulus Check Go For American Families? | TODAY

[DBLaury]

They got money for war but can’t feed the poor - 2pac

[Leumasleumas]

$1200 doesn't cover the rents anywhere in the US!

[rayanthony]

I guess they were using 1969 playbook, 1200 could’ve lasted 6 months.

[joeylopezthaskinns]

The average American worker always gets screwed.

[anthonygrau]

1200 dollars will not pay the bills for 6 weeks of not working

[Brinx]

They cant pull thousands of dollars in taxes every year. But when people need their money back they want to put a cap on it of 1200. Like thats actually helping anyone.

[rawrberrys]

$1200 is half a months rent for a lot of people...

[kkgt]

Groceries seems to be most expensive in usa.

[Gioxtream]

The money I got went to pay my rent and is long gone.

[ciel]

My HEART goes out to  these families. These are hard working people who are having HARD TIMES right now

[virtusetglorie]

We need more stimulus. The Emergency Money For The People Act which is $2000 a month or the ABC Act. Not the watered down proposals. Not the money for corporations, it needs to be for INDIVIDUALS and small businesses. It's temporary, it's doable, everything I have researched suggests it can and it NEEDS to be done.

[justacinnamonbun]

This is why, after I filed for personal bankruptcy for the first time in 2015, after that I said, no more. I changed everything. I stopped buying new cars, I stopped buying things I didn't need, I started to sew my old clothes instead of buying new clothes when I could. I even stopped donating money to charity, I still donate but other stuff, not money. I even cut out cable and I get my Internet connection through my cell phone at no extra charge. Fast forward to today.... We were prepared pretty well for this. Although we're not rich, we're OK, doing much better than most. People have to have that wakeup call, because the day of reckoning can come at anytime. That $1200 stimulus we got (we got $3400 total) we still have it in the bank and haven't touched it. We don't even have any credit card debt.

[captainamerica]

WHY THE F**K DO PEOPLE MAKING OVER $75, 000 A YEAR GET CHECKS??!! HOW ABOUT PRO-RATING THEM AT LEAST??

[Caffeinatedown]

$1200 pays one month mortgage and our utilities bill w/ maybe enough for a tank of gas. Mortgage $1100. Utilities $60. Gas for Car $40. I live in the suburbs of Atlanta.

[jurnagin]

It should be 2500 a month for 3 months, to taxpayers, not businesses, they simply close doors until allowed to reopen, they don't need any money!

[jackmehoff]

Why so people have four kids when they can't afford them?

[amandamarcelle]

Everything is going up this is ridiculous theres so many people who are unemployed have no money have no homes or nothing the government better step tf up do something about this

[eugeneendres]

How far does $1200 go ? That has got to be a rhetorical question !

[ButterBiscuitGobbler]

Black people were living off of the government before this, and they'll be living off the government after this. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[frankburdodrums]

It goes alot further than the emergency unemployment benefits, millions are still waiting for, that the states are still withholding from America's families.