Yes! America offers far less aid to families with children than other advanced countries, yet there's strong evidence that such aid has big long-term benefits 1/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/01/22/biden-childtaxcredit-stimulus/
Senior Democrats drafting plan to give parents $3,000 per child in Biden stimulus

Senior Democratic lawmakers are drafting legislation to have the Internal Revenue Service send recurring monthly payments to tens of millions of American families.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/01/22/biden-childtaxcredit-stimulus/
How stingy, how lacking in family values are we? Very 2/
Yet there's compelling evidence that helping children isn't just the decent thing to do, it has long-run benefits to society as a whole 3/ https://www.brookings.edu/bpea-articles/safety-net-investments-in-children/
We'll be hearing a lot from conservatives who claim to be worried about the burden of debt on our children. Aside from that being bad economics, they should be asked why not, you know, actually help the children? 4/
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