According to data from The Century Foundation, every week Congress does not pass a coronavirus relief package, over $10 billion in federal unemployment benefits will not be injected into the economy as it has been. But the real impact is even greater given that every dollar contributes $1.61 to an economy. The result will be devastating to the unemployed needing to pay necessities and small businesses that need some level of consumer demand to survive. The Paycheck Protection Program loans for small businesses also end on Saturday without a legislative extension.

Once again, big corporation interests are outweighing the interests of small businesses. Back in April, about 2 percent of small businesses were estimated to have closed for good. Today, that number might be as high as 20 percent. This is an economic disaster allowed to happen by Congressional Republicans putting the wishes of big corporations over the needs of small businesses.