‘Bringing Back Welfare as We Knew It,’ or ‘Pro-Family’?

‘Bringing Back Welfare as We Knew It,’ or ‘Pro-Family’?

Alot has happened since I last wrote about Mitt Romney’s plan to create a child allowance — worth $350 a month for kids under six and $250 a month for older kids up to age 17 — while ending some other welfare spending and special-interest tax breaks to pay for it.

The Democrats have gotten close to enacting their own child allowance, which would be in effect for only a year to start but would not be paid for at all. And a debate has exploded within the Right as to whether a child allowance is a pro-family reform to […]

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