Unemployment Benefits Expanded To Include Free Netflix Subscription

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The 17th Coronavirus Aid Relief Act passed by the U.S. Congress today expanded benefits to include a free Netflix subscription for those not working.

Anyone on unemployment is now eligible for a full year of Netflix.

"We have to make sure people stay at home as long as possible and not risk them going back to work and growing the economy--er, I mean, spreading the coronavirus," said Nancy Pelosi at a press conference Tuesday. "Anything to keep people home."

Employers have been having trouble getting people back to work,...