Joe Biden says $ 600 is “not enough” and asks for the stimulus check to be increased to $ 2,000

President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, indicated on his social networks that the $ 600 incentive check, approved by the federal legislature, is not enough to alleviate the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. citizens and made an appeal to evaluate the proposal to raise it to $ 2,000.

“$ 600 isn’t enough if you have to choose between paying rent or putting food on the table. We need $ 2,000 incentive checks,” he said on the Facebook platform.

In the United States, some citizens have already received the $ 600 incentive since it was started by the people who filed their 2019 taxes. In Puerto Rico, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is still expected to approve the distribution plan presented by them. the Ministry of Finance.