Clarence Page: What’s missing in 2022 campaign issues? Child poverty
Well, that was nice while it lasted. For six months we seemed to be making real progress against childhood poverty. The progress came as a consequence of a national emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic. President Joe Biden expanded the child tax credit to help bring relief to low-income families and, immediately after benefits went into effect in July 2021, they showed what experts have said for ...
by Clarence Page, Tribune Content Agency
Sep 30, 2022
3 minutes
Well, that was nice while it lasted.
For six months we seemed to be making real progress against childhood poverty.
The progress came as a consequence of a national emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic. President Joe Biden expanded the child tax credit to help bring relief to low-income families and, immediately after benefits went into effect in July 2021, they showed what experts have said for decades: Direct cash grants to families in financial distress can make
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