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In reply to the discussion: Joe Manchin demands that only parents working and making less than $200,000 get the full child tax c [View all]Buckeyeblue
(6,300 posts)42. Maybe instead of a tax credit we create a childcare voucher program
But being a single parent (and it's mostly women) is difficult, even if you have a great job.
And Manchin's bulking at giving a tax credit to those who don't pay taxes. This is the problem with the anti-choice movement. They want to both force birth and withhold aid once the baby is born. You would think Republicans would be all about this.
But we've been over this before.
We need to appeal to a Republican senator to cross over, someone from a state where lots of rural white Trump voters could benefit.
The other argument not being made here is the the downstream impact of these tax credits. Parents are not going to invest in bitcoin. They are going to by goods, so local businesses will benefit, etc.
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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
Cool. put it in the bill, vote on it and then call him out vociferously if he is lying
ColinC
Dec 2021
#4
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
But most of the job search process is done online now, so it's done at home.
Sucha NastyWoman
Dec 2021
#25
Okay, I see that I am wrong here. I thought that this was just about assistance with childcare
Sucha NastyWoman
Dec 2021
#31