When I supported Trump’s child tax credit, Dem readers unloaded on me like I was saying something downright evil. I hope they stay true to their principles and criticize Harris for this idea. I’m true to mine, so I’m in favor.
I fail to see the connection with childcare costs because the main driver of costs – as people who actually used daycare know – is the paucity of childcare facilities. Even the most exorbitantly priced daycares have a waiting list from here into the eternity. I’m still supportive of the child tax credit but this is a problem it won’t solve.
What I do despise is the dig at Vance’s regional origins by the use of “memaw and papaw.” It’s childish and off-putting. In theory, the idea of grandparents helping out is fine but if people are using daycare instead it’s because this option is not available. There’s literally not a single person in existence who isn’t using it because nobody suggested this possibility.
In short, everybody in the political space is being an infantile dick on this subject.
Expanding the child tax credit is still a great idea, no matter who proposes it. It’s a million times better than direct payments to parents.
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