{"id":55039,"date":"2020-09-15T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=55039"},"modified":"2020-09-15T07:00:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T12:00:28","slug":"massive-lines-form-outside-virginia-food-bank-as-demand-hits-one-million-meals-per-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=55039","title":{"rendered":"Massive Lines Form Outside Virginia Food Bank As Demand Hits One Million Meals Per Month"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Massive Lines Form Outside Virginia Food Bank As Demand Hits One Million Meals Per Month<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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The economic recovery has stalled, and in some cases, reversed.\u00a0The\u00a0$600 unemployment benefits that Americans received following the virus pandemic that crashed the economy in March-April expired on July 31, which means a\u00a0fiscal cliff<\/a>\u00a0has been underway for 44 days (as of Sept. 14).<\/p>\n

Millions of people are still out of work, their\u00a0emergency savings wiped out<\/a>, and insurmountable debts are increasing. As former Federal Reserve\u00a0Chair Janet Yellen\u00a0warned<\/a>\u00a0in August,\u00a0Congress’\u00a0inability to pass another round of stimulus checks could weigh on the economic recovery.<\/p>\n

Readers may recall about a\u00a0quarter of all personal income<\/a>\u00a0is derived from the government – so when a lapse in stimulus checks extends for well over one month – that could lead to new consumer stress.<\/p>\n

In Richmond, Virginia, about 125 miles south of Washington, D.C., a food bank has been shelling out more than one million meals per month as the metro area battles deep economic scarring sustained by the virus-induced recession.<\/p>\n