Nearly 3 million people in the United States have signed a petition calling on the government to issue a $2000 monthly stimulus check to support American families as the epidemic continues to spread.

The petition was first posted on Change.org last year and was initiated by Stephanie Bonin, the owner of a restaurant in Colorado. The petition is getting more and more attention, especially since the Delta variant began to spread in the United States in May.

"I call on Congress to support families, immediately pay $2000 to each adult, $1000 to children, and continue to issue checks regularly during the crisis," Bonin wrote in the petition. Otherwise, laid-off workers, workers on temporary leave, self-employed and workers facing reduced working hours will find it difficult to pay rent or make ends meet. "

In the petition, Bonin urged Congress to issue "immediate cheques and recurring payments." "Congress needs to make sure that we do not go bankrupt financially because we do our part to keep the country healthy," she wrote. "

But Bonin wrote in the petition: "another check will not solve our problem." As we have said since the beginning of this pandemic, people need to know when the next check will arrive. The best thing our government can do now is to distribute emergency funds to the people every month. "

"before Americans can stand on their own feet, monthly subsidies can save our communities from financial collapse," she wrote. "

Since the outbreak in the United States, the US government has issued three rounds of stimulus cheques. Eligible Americans received a $1400 stimulus check in March last year. The Trump administration issued two more stimulus checks in nine months: one for $1200 and the other for $600.

It is unclear whether there will be a fourth round of stimulus checks. In May, the White House kicked the ball to Congress, saying it would decide whether to introduce a fourth stimulus package.

However, the petition shows that there is widespread support not only for a new stimulus package, but also for regular stimulus checks. Berning's petition received so much support that Change.org added it to its list of 10 petitions to change 2020.