Things in America Are Going to Get Much Worse If We Do Not Act Now.

You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

Brooke Meredith
7 min readJul 1, 2020
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America has surpassed 2 million coronavirus cases, with the virus peaking in almost half of states nationwide. Though many of our lawmakers and their corporate overlords who want the masses back to work would like us to believe it, this is nowhere near over.

We could potentially reach 200,000 deaths by early fall.

Elected officials like our very own Trump press you to believe that the worst is behind us, but in reality, the surface has barely been scratched.

The freeze on eviction? That is currently in the process of being lifted across various states. This means that those without jobs and unable to pay their rent, or, maybe even some of those with jobs but who are barely scraping by, may suddenly find themselves out on the streets. It is not unlikely that America’s streets may soon fill with homeless people.

Consider student loan debt, a chokehold around the necks of a majority of young Americans. Come this fall, when they are forced to resume paying on those loans? Some of these young adults may not have jobs, or, are in precarious situations financially because of COVID that make then unable to pay. This may then ruin their credit, it might result in a default on loans, it will…

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