> ...a lot of Americans had to make some extra side income to combat inflation and a difficult few years... The impetus does appear to be because of corona, a

> ...a lot of Americans had to make some extra side income to combat inflation and a difficult few years... The impetus does appear to be because of corona, a lot of people might of got used to working or doing business from home and/or freelancing. You know, the true enemies, of not generating enough tax revenue. Why hassle billionaires and millionaires, when you can chase down some struggling people who might have made over $600 dollars. Looks like some really smart people in high places felt they might be missing out on some cash, somewhere, so needed to step on, squeeze, flip over and shake the lower to middle class as much as possible. The unwashed lower classes might be hiding some loose change under a cushion, so need to make sure to get first dibs on it. Trying to make ends meet, pay rent, or eat? Don't worry about that, if you made a buck, make sure you know who gets the first cut. And at $600, they might as well go the full monty, and bring it to $0. Any of those with thoughts of extra "side income" or "side hustles", outside that cushy minimum wage job, may need to give that up or enjoy the extra headache. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.