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Hugh_Lebowski

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1. My best guess is the vast majority of the public thought it was temporary COVID relief

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Thu Dec 22, 2022, 08:16 PM

Dec 2022

that just ended.

Which would be another example of sub-par Dem messaging ... along with the corporate media not wanting to cover a Democratic/Biden success story of course

There's also the fact that there was virtually no 'grassroots' effort to make this happen in the first place, ergo very little emotional investment by the constituency.

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The Child Tax Credit Was a Little Too Subtle [View all] Celerity Dec 2022 OP

My best guess is the vast majority of the public thought it was temporary COVID relief Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #1

One of Manchin's excuses for nuking it was that he heard stories people used it for drugs, smdh Celerity Dec 2022 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2022 #2

I think the people it helped the most didn't really understand why they were receiving it questionseverything Dec 2022 #4

Child tax credit changed my life as a single parent. Then it was gone. Celerity Dec 2022 #5