The August distribution of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) that reaches a majority of American families with children has strengthened the support for this response to the economic conditions originally brought on by the pandemic: https://basicincometoday.com/poll-parents-who-have-received-the-expanded-child-tax-credit-strongly-support-permanent-extension-including-73-of-trump-voters/
Demands to make the CTC permanent are growing as well because, unlike the federal social welfare programs that are means tested and come with numerous strings attached, the CTC is a direct cash transfer without any intermediaries. It bolsters the concept that in the richest nation in the history of the world, insuring the nurture of its children should be a priority.
Gisèle Huff, […]
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