The push for monthly child benefit checks to American children just went bipartisan: Sen. Mitt Romney’s (R-Utah) newly proposed Family Security Act would give parents of children under 6 a $350 check each month, while parents of kids aged 6-17 would receive $250. Romney’s plan resembles Biden’s pandemic relief proposal to send $300 checks monthly to children under 6, as well as $250 checks to children 6-17. The fact of bipartisan support for child-benefit checks is a heartening sign that the United States may finally be moving closer to the systems of public family support that every other wealthy democracy has adopted, and which protect children’s wellbeing far better than our own.
Abundant research shows that whether children get consistent resources critically and permanently affects their development. This research is unnerving given that almost half of US households have experienced disruptions in employment income since March 2020.
I wouldn’t consider getting Romney on board “bipartisan”, since is is more like a Democrat, than the some Democrats!
Damn, this guy really is a liberal Democrat. He should change his status.
OPM……. other people’s money is going to run out for these politicians before long.
Raise taxes to pay for it makes perfect sense. Rumor has Romney got this idea by looking into a hat with magic rocks but again just a rumor.