Author: BINYAMIN APPELBAUM Source: The New York Tiimes Publication Date: 3 March 2023 Link: And Child Care for All
Stephan:
The treatment of children in the United States is one of the country's defining characteristics, and it is shamefully bad. I have written about this for years, it stands out so strongly to me, the data is appalling but irrefutable. I agree with Appelbaum, speaking for The New York Times Editorial board. The Biden Administration has not made this enough of a priority. Not fostering wellbeing amongst your children is defining what that future will be like. Russia, for instance, had hundreds of thousands of its best and brightest emigrate to other countries. All Russians will pay a price for this that will be one of the things that will define at least the next generation. Whatever happens on the battlefield Putin's lust for power makes him remarkably short-sighted and stupid.
A Capitol Hill demonstration in favor of extending the child tax credit in 2022. Credit: Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times
President Biden’s most significant failure during his first two years in office is the lack of progress on the truly domestic portion of his domestic agenda.
Earlier in the pandemic, the federal government did more to help parents than it ever did before. Washington temporarily mandated paid leave for many workers, it gave billions of dollars in aid to child care businesses, and for several glorious months in 2021, it even expanded the child tax credit to provide assistance to most families with children.
But the aid has faded away. Mr. Biden has persuaded Congress to invest in the nation’s roads and bridges but not in making child care available and affordable. He has presided over a big expansion in federal support for manufacturing — and a sharp drop in federal support for working parents.
At the end of 2022, despite continued economic growth, roughly 3.7 million more American children were living in poverty than at the end of 2021,
There is even less support for disabled people like myself.
Rev. Dean
on Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 7:20 am
P.S.: This month is the worst month of the year here where I live because we have to pay the exorbitant local real-estate taxes on top of our huge bills during these cold months.
There is even less support for disabled people like myself.
P.S.: This month is the worst month of the year here where I live because we have to pay the exorbitant local real-estate taxes on top of our huge bills during these cold months.