Small businesses continue to close, more people see their money running out, rent payments are late, mortgage payments are late, economists say this is a classic case for flooding the zone with money – and yet there is still no agreement on a new COVID-19 relief bill because Democrats want 2.2 trillion and the president’s offering 1.8.

<p>Small businesses continue to close, more people see their money running out, rent payments are late, mortgage payments are late, economists say this is a classic case for flooding the zone with money &ndash; and yet there is still no agreement on a new COVID-19 relief bill because Democrats want 2.2 trillion and the president&rsquo;s offering 1.8.</p>

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