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The CARES Act implemented in the USA

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The CARES Act, also known as the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security act is one that was implemented in the United States of America is a law intended to tackle the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. In its original form, it was introduced in the United States Congress by Joe Courtney on January 24, 2019, but this motion was then changed by the senate.


The CARES Act was recently reintroduced during this pandemic to help the fight the effects of unemployment in the USA and provide the people with unemployment benefits so they can use the money to buy necessities. First and foremost, the CARES Act created a federal program called Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) that is designed to restore the economic effects of the COVID-19 crisis. In addition, a PUA recipient must certify that they are otherwise able to and available for work except that the individual is either unemployed, unable to work or unavailable to work on account of at least one of the following categories:

  1. The individual is diagnosed with or experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 and is seeking a medical diagnosis.

  2. A member of the individual’s household has been diagnosed with COVID-19.

  3. The individual is caring for a family or household member diagnosed with COVID-19.

And a few other categories. If someone leaves their job to receive these benefits it would be considered fraud as the government only has a limited amount of money to spend on the people. By manufacturing medication and masks a lot of the money goes into making them and supporting small businesses for economic growth and can only provide unemployment benefits for the citizens that are in desperate need of it.


These benefits may also cause issues as many employees are receiving more income from the combination of regular unemployment and PUA benefits than when they were employed, which will inevitably result in resistance to returning to work due to the satisfaction them being paid money by not putting in any effort. This does not benefit the economy at all because the government and companies would continue spending on their citizens and employees and would have none left to spend on manufacturing.

This Act has many benefits but downfalls as well but if it turns out to be successful the country could grow economically and maybe other countries could follow in USA’s footsteps to re-build their economy.



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