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| Dems Heap Praise On New Romney Proposal To Send Checks To Families With Children Every Month |
| 2021-02-05 |
| [HOT Air] The Romney plan is called the Family Security Act and would make benefits to adults with children both more generous and more easily available than they are currently. Right now there are various obstacles to getting some sugar from Uncle Sam if you’re a parent. For starters, you only qualify if you have income: The current child tax credit is refundable, meaning that you get zippo if you’re not earning anything. It’s also capped at just $2,000 per year. And of course, being a tax credit, it doesn’t arrive in your bank account until tax season. Romney wants to chuck all of that and start over. No more tax credits. From now on, families get a monthly welfare check depending upon how old their children are. Each child under age six gets $350 per month (or $4,200 per year, higher than Biden’s plan) while each child between the ages of 6 and 17 gets $250 (or $3,000 per year), with a total monthly cap of $1,250 (i.e. $15,000 annually) per family. Importantly, there’s no income requirement anymore. Because it’s not a tax credit, there’s nothing to "refund." If you have a kid and your household is below the very high income cutoff of $400,000 you get a check — even if you’re out of work. And in fact, Mitt’s plan does compare favorably to Biden’s plan in terms of generosity of benefits: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #17 And who will pay for this generosity? Or will they just print the money - so we all pay? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-02-05 20:09 |
| #16 Mitt's still feeling the burn from Trump kicking him to the curb by not making him Secretary of State. He's a never Trump hater for sure. |
| Posted by: jpal 2021-02-05 20:06 |
| #15 "Friends and countrymen. Our great nation has created much wealth in the past century and on the aching backs of our working class, we have built a truly prosperous and sturdy economy. But time has come at last to give it all away!" |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-02-05 18:29 |
| #14 Mittens wants to retire to the lucrative role of pet "former Republican" (who evidently was a RINO from the beginning but will never admit it)? |
| Posted by: magpie 2021-02-05 17:58 |
| #13 Maybe Mittens is gunning for a spot in the (D) mob. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2021-02-05 13:28 |
| #12 And in fact, Mitt’s plan does compare favorably to Biden’s plan in terms of generosity of benefits And that's where I won my round of allahpundit/not allahpundit. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-02-05 12:02 |
| #11 I'll buy that for a |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-02-05 10:51 |
| #10 Mr Kornbluth. Mr Cyril M. Kornbluth. Come to the white courtesy phone please. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-02-05 09:57 |
| #9 wasn't this tried before? |
| Posted by: Chris 2021-02-05 09:12 |
| #8 Come on guys; another couple hundred billion in new debt never hurt anybody! |
| Posted by: Raj 2021-02-05 08:51 |
| #7 Welcome to Caracas! How about this, the government only sells watermarked paper to you to print your own money at home at the denomination indicated on the watermark. Think of the saving to the government in printing the |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-02-05 06:51 |
| #6 Romney - Nominate him for the Jan. 2021 BLUE RHINO of the month Award. Maybe we could even hold a annual award E-event pointing out RNC Traitors to the US Conservative cause and Bill of Rights. What should we call it? The Blue Rhino award or The McCain Award ? |
| Posted by: Just Asking Why 2021-02-05 04:09 |
| #5 Biden Money, the new green deal, backed by the full faith and credit of Beijing |
| Posted by: Phomogum Sforza8505 2021-02-05 03:11 |
| #4 With this proposal Congressional Swamp Creatures predestined devaluation of US Currency to |
| Posted by: Phomogum Sforza8505 2021-02-05 03:00 |
| #3 An avenue for this article or anything else you have in mind... just a thought /sarc |
| Posted by: Dirty TrixieAngel2021 2021-02-05 01:16 |
| #2 Their "families'" security => normal families' insecurity = Tranny story hour = Dudes in mascara inside the little girls' bathrooms = failed male jocks proclaiming themselves females so they can clean up in all the girls' athletic events |
| Posted by: Chesney Squank8870 2021-02-05 00:58 |
| #1 Family Security Act, Guaranteed Income and Reparations by another name. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-02-05 00:52 |
