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4 Reasons Retirees Should Care About the New Coronavirus Stimulus Package

On Dec. 4, I received a text from a college roommate asking if I thought another round of stimulus would pass before Congress adjourned for the year.  He owns six restaurants and bars that are honoring severe occupancy limits and are surviving thanks to takeout, PPP and EIDL loans.  In the current political environment, I told him at the time, I would never bet on a deal getting done, unless it was part of a much bigger deal necessary to keep the federal government funded and open.  And, sure enough, on Dec. 27 President Trump reluctantly signed the 5,593-page “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.”  The largest, by

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