Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) recently refused to vote to pass the Build Back Better Act, but the senator has long stood in opposition to the act’s proposal to expand the child tax credit’s renewal because it lacks a firm set of work requirements for aid.
However, work requirements have a spotty and ineffective history and aren’t right for America’s present or future. Work requirements speak to the American mantra that you ‘can’t get something for nothing,’ an axiom of conservative governance that defined the post-Ronald Reagan era for both parties. The Great Depression and America’s collective response, however, gives […]
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