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kpete

(72,898 posts) Tue Dec 21, 2021, 04:59 PM Dec 2021

Here's What Families Are Actually Using the Child Tax Credit to Pay For [View all]

Overwhelmingly, people who have received the child tax credit payments have used it for food, rent, and utilities and to pay off debt, data from the U.S. Census Bureau has found.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-20/child-tax-credit-2021-joe-manchin-opposes-aid-parents-are-using-for-food-rent?sref=SvwPxqpB

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Here's What Families Are Actually Using the Child Tax Credit to Pay For [View all] kpete Dec 2021 OP

not according to Manchin,,,, Tripper11 Dec 2021 #1

That's Insulting to the People of West Virgina Cha Dec 2021 #6

I agree...someone posted here a few days ago Tripper11 Dec 2021 #7

Yeah, I saw that.. I was Cha Dec 2021 #17

Yes it is MustLoveBeagles Dec 2021 #25

Shameless SOB 2Gingersnaps Dec 2021 #15

Any "good" Republican Grokenstein Dec 2021 #18

but its ok for bussiness owners who spent their businness stimuls on, AllaN01Bear Dec 2021 #29

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2021 #2

Happy Solstice Uncle Joe! kpete Dec 2021 #3

Happy Solstice to you kpete! Uncle Joe Dec 2021 #5

Rt TY! Cha Dec 2021 #4

So Manchin is just talking out of his wazoo? Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #8

Paying down debt...ah ha! Shermann Dec 2021 #9

Out of touch. patphil Dec 2021 #10

I remember they used to have some show on TV where people switched Bev54 Dec 2021 #12

Make him and his wife live on the food stamp challenge for a month TexasBushwhacker Dec 2021 #37

And especially cruel gratuitous Dec 2021 #16

Manchin is old Casady1 Dec 2021 #11

Back Off, Joe knows what he is talking about when it comes to government hand outs bottomofthehill Dec 2021 #13

Stop complaining and clap louder durablend Dec 2021 #14

Hah! Perfect! Grokenstein Dec 2021 #19

Joe Manchin says he knows how the people in his state think Emile Dec 2021 #20

Oh they must be eating steak and lobster and buying fancy clothes while the japple Dec 2021 #21

Isn't food kind of a drug? maxsolomon Dec 2021 #22

I thought it would be reducing their income tax payment due. You know, the stuff Trumps don't pay. TheBlackAdder Dec 2021 #23

We need a graph on what Manchin spends his benefactors' money on. Purrfessor Dec 2021 #24

West Virginians are probably wasting it on yachts and Maseratis. nt hay rick Dec 2021 #26

+1 appalachiablue Dec 2021 #28

hear hear. AllaN01Bear Dec 2021 #27

Survey TimeToGo Dec 2021 #30

so they say markie Dec 2021 #31

I'm reminded of the claims I've seen all too often of people on food stamps PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2021 #32

Paying down debt and Recreational Goods. It's right there in black, white, and orange. Solly Mack Dec 2021 #33

Projection, Senator Joe Yacht is clearly on drugs. PurgedVoter Dec 2021 #34

:) WV's drug abuse rate is higher than the national average, Hortensis Dec 2021 #35

He's a Greedhead and nothing more. snort Dec 2021 #36

Amazing how all those parents can make up those excuses while high on drugs IronLionZion Dec 2021 #38

I'm guessing guns fall under "Recreational goods" in WV Dukkha Dec 2021 #39