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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums3 GOP proposals to help working families (Are they serious?)
https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-family-proposals-child-benefits-midterm-backlash-roe-overturned-2022-9The gist is, their churchy hubris may come back to bite them in the ass in November, so these are their economic proposals for the working class:
1."Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah unveiled a rebooted proposal in June to provide most parents with up to $350 per kid in monthly checks, totaling $4,200 annually for younger children. A larger share of the cash benefit would flow to working parents while shrinking payments to those who aren't employed."
2. "Sen. Steve Daines of Montana is leading a measure that would allow pregnant mothers to claim the child tax credit, issuing up to $2,000 provided they have taxable income."
And the most egregious:
3. "Shortly after Roe was overturned, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida put forward a "pro-life" framework that included a paid leave initiative. It would provide parents with at least three months of paid leave, financed with cuts to their future Social Security benefits."
No sirree, can't ever "give anything away!" There's always a catch with these bastards.
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3 GOP proposals to help working families (Are they serious?) (Original Post)
pepperbear
Sep 2022
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Mitt's proposal sounds custom made for his large-family base of supporters in Utah.
yonder
Sep 2022
#1
That last one is like Trump's deferred tax "cut" before Christmas a couple years ago...
Beartracks
Sep 2022
#3
These people have no idea what the teachings of Jesus are. Or they know and don't care.
Maraya1969
Sep 2022
#4
yonder
(9,666 posts)1. Mitt's proposal sounds custom made for his large-family base of supporters in Utah.
Oink, oink.
GoodRaisin
(8,923 posts)2. They're all heart.
Rubios been pushing that paid leave plan for several years now.
Beartracks
(12,814 posts)3. That last one is like Trump's deferred tax "cut" before Christmas a couple years ago...
... that was then balanced out with an income tax "bump" to your paycheck right after New Year's.... with that deferred tax coming out of your paycheck in a different tax year, under what would be his successor's administration. Quite literally "passing the buck."
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Maraya1969
(22,480 posts)4. These people have no idea what the teachings of Jesus are. Or they know and don't care.
I so wish some journalists would start questioning them on their religious beliefs and how they effect their policies. Because it would become very obvious that they don't believe in the teachings of the God that they profess saved their souls.
JHB
(37,160 posts)6. "Jesus" is just the name they slap on "sticking it to those people"
Norbert
(6,040 posts)5. But these proposals aren't socialism.