This is the most stimulus money you can possibly get in 2021

Good news: Tens of millions of Americans are getting a pretty sweet bonus year, the strained economy and ongoing coronavirus pandemic notwithstanding. It's just that, well, the bonus isn't coming from your employer -- at least, not the bonus we're referring to. No, this one is the sum total of all the stimulus money that the federal government is parceling out through the end of this year. Encompassing things like stimulus checks, and at least two tax credits (the earned income tax credit and the expanded federal child tax credit).

It's all part of a somewhat frantic effort by government leaders to keep too many Americans from tipping over the financial edge. And it also doesn't even account for everything the government is trying to do in this regard. Such as the new, more targeted eviction moratorium the CDC announced this week. The thinking here is that too many Americans evicted from their homes could have a detrimental impact on public health and exacerbate the pandemic.