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mahina

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Tue Dec 21, 2021, 01:46 AM

Dec 2021

If wishes were fishes but it seems like a reasonable line if that will do it. Also who doesn’t think it was dumb for a staff we to spill his comment about extended child tax credit being used by some for drugs? Of course somebody out there did. Doesn’t mean it should fail.

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Joe Manchin demands that only parents working and making less than $200,000 get the full child tax c [View all] Polybius Dec 2021 OP

Lots of people not working and struggling pandr32 Dec 2021 #1

Those are the takers in his tiny mind. 2naSalit Dec 2021 #16

Eff em qazplm135 Dec 2021 #29

First he goes on FOX and ends the discussion and DURHAM D Dec 2021 #2

He doesn't want to discuss it. ColinC Dec 2021 #6

If it walks like a Repuke, squaks like a Repuke packman Dec 2021 #3

Cool. put it in the bill, vote on it and then call him out vociferously if he is lying ColinC Dec 2021 #4

I think he's talking about making it a separate bill Polybius Dec 2021 #5

Oh yeah cause that's totally reasonable ColinC Dec 2021 #8

He doesn't want to go on record with the BBB vote, so a separate bill here is his goalpost move. Efilroft Sul Dec 2021 #9

Now that he's been called out on his BS... 2naSalit Dec 2021 #17

Sure seems that way. +1 Efilroft Sul Dec 2021 #27

So he wants to use up a reconciliation bill Mr.Bill Dec 2021 #35

200K seems like a reasonable number to me... SKKY Dec 2021 #7

Single moms who can't afford childcare and can't work. What about them? onecaliberal Dec 2021 #13

A single mom who makes more than 200K can't afford child care? SKKY Dec 2021 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author wellst0nev0ter Dec 2021 #15

Reread the comment. 2naSalit Dec 2021 #18

Why would a a single parent who isn't working need childcar? Sucha NastyWoman Dec 2021 #21

Just answered your own question. 2naSalit Dec 2021 #23

But most of the job search process is done online now, so it's done at home. Sucha NastyWoman Dec 2021 #25

Not true in my neck of the woods. 2naSalit Dec 2021 #28

Okay, I see that I am wrong here. I thought that this was just about assistance with childcare Sucha NastyWoman Dec 2021 #31

Or they are out interviewing qazplm135 Dec 2021 #30

How can they work without childcare? onecaliberal Dec 2021 #39

Maybe instead of a tax credit we create a childcare voucher program Buckeyeblue Dec 2021 #42

And me. mahina Dec 2021 #40

Agree to it and get this bill passed. Lonestarblue Dec 2021 #10

As a separate bill, it does little for many Polybius Dec 2021 #12

Sounds like a great strategy to me. Sucha NastyWoman Dec 2021 #33

If it walks like a duck... onecaliberal Dec 2021 #11

Demands made by Senator Affluenza. 2naSalit Dec 2021 #19

Unfortunately, I think that the child tax credit is toast. n/t totodeinhere Dec 2021 #20

Hope they work something out for families, particularly for those making a lot less than $200K. Hoyt Dec 2021 #22

That was the line for stimulus money (or close to it) SYFROYH Dec 2021 #24

Sounds like the Earned Income Tax Credit, except Jose Garcia Dec 2021 #26

Which is a worthy goal to aim for. Sucha NastyWoman Dec 2021 #34

You already tanked it Joe Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2021 #32

Joe Who? BlueIdaho Dec 2021 #36

Manchin "demands"... LudwigPastorius Dec 2021 #37

Hmm, you're calling DEMOCRAT Joe Manchin a "king turd"? George II Dec 2021 #43

Paid ad wall Lithos Dec 2021 #38

In the battle of theory against reality in politics DFW Dec 2021 #41