My stimulus check was seized

A government stimulus check on a dark background.

A government stimulus check. Photo courtesy of Lisa Brewster // Flickr.

Today’s protest is against unemployment. Residents who are offered their old jobs back simply may not accept them, choosing instead to continue tapping into the generous unemployment aid. The $2 trillion congressional coronavirus relief signed by President Trump in March greatly added to weekly benefit checks for out-of-work Americans and some people may be earning more than they did previously. The court wrote me a letter saying, “Thank you for your check.” I got a letter with the other checks too. 

My entire stimulus check instantly went back to pay for child support. I didn’t receive a % of it. I can’t get no food or nothing. I had to go to the food bank for two boxes of food. 

I was in arrears, so I owed a substantial amount. So I went to Al Sharpton’s march on Washington to sell my papers!


Henry Johnson is an artist and vendor with Street Sense Media.


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