Bekah Bestlovey at her farm, which her benefits helped subsidize. Bekah Bestlovey For more than a year, America experimented with a much larger social safety net than any it's ever had before. After the world and the economy shut down in March 2020, former President Donald Trump signed into law programs put forward by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to funnel billions of dollars in support to impacted Americans. A pandemic necessitated a helping hand like we've never seen before. Residents got several rounds of stimulus checks and unemployment insurance was massively beefed up and