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Cash transfer proposal has downsides for child poverty
EurekAlert ^ | 04/12/2022 | WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY

Posted on 04/12/2022 11:25:38 AM PDT by aimhigh

A proposal to provide monthly payments to most U.S. parents, similar to those under the pandemic relief program, would likely worsen poverty for children of single mothers, a study has found.

The Family Security Act proposed by Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) aims to cut child poverty by a third by providing most parents with monthly payments of $350 for each child under age 6 and $250 for each older child. The act is supposed to pay for itself by streamlining other child benefits and aid for low-income families.

A Washington State University study published in Economic Modeling found that while the proposal would likely alleviate child poverty overall, it would cause poverty to rise among single-mother families from 26.5% to 45.5%. And the number of children living in deep poverty would triple.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: childpayments; socialism

1 posted on 04/12/2022 11:25:38 AM PDT by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh

The more we pay single mothers to have babies the more babies will grow up in single parent homes.


2 posted on 04/12/2022 11:32:08 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: aimhigh

Romney wooing the 47%.


3 posted on 04/12/2022 11:43:20 AM PDT by truthkeeper
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To: aimhigh

My rent-a-child business will do well.


4 posted on 04/12/2022 11:55:10 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: aimhigh

The reason it will cause these problems:

>> While the proposal is similar to the pandemic program in that it will offer monthly payments to most parents, it would replace the Earned Income Tax Credit that low- and middle-income working parents receive when filing their taxes.


5 posted on 04/12/2022 11:58:26 AM PDT by Chicory
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To: Tell It Right

I HAVE A YOUNG COUSIN WHO DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL IN 10TH GRADE. She just finished having her 4th child and still lives at home with her parents. She refuses to leave. She is collecting welfare and she has no wish to go to work.

This is how this young kids think.
Give me money.


6 posted on 04/12/2022 1:11:33 PM PDT by winterystorm
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To: aimhigh

If you can’t feed ‘em don’t breed ‘em.
Besides Biden is importing their replacements over the Southern Border right this very second.


7 posted on 04/12/2022 1:50:17 PM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: aimhigh

What an enormous slap to people who never had kids-—for whatever reason.


8 posted on 04/12/2022 2:30:25 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: aimhigh

The democrats love people dependent on them.


9 posted on 04/12/2022 2:50:38 PM PDT by Trillian
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