The federal government would pay most parents of young children $350 per child every month under a groundbreaking new proposal from @MittRomney that would put a serious dent in child poverty. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitt-romney-child-allowance_n_601b617cc5b6c0af54d0b0a1

Romney's child benefit is actually BOLDER than what Democrats have proposed with the child tax credit.

He's pitching an actual child allowance rather than reverse engineering one through the tax code. Payments by SSA instead of IRS.

Both Romney's and the Democratic proposals would SLASH child poverty.

Romney's aides said he wants his idea in the mix as Dems get ready to do something like this as part of their next COVID relief bill.

Romney suggested offsetting the cost of his benefit by axing the CTC, the SALT deduction and the entire TANF program, which are some pretty funny nonstarters for Dems.

But it's not crazy to say a solid child benefit would make TANF and some of the other tax stuff superfluous.

A huge change is happening.

In 2012 Romney bogusly said Obama gutted welfare work requirements to "just send you your welfare check.”

Romney now says get rid of welfare altogether and give all parents money, no strings attached.

Mitt Romney will just send you your check!

My last thought -- this is probably about more than social policy. Seizing the initiative on giving people money could be a way for Romney could box out the lying fascist wing of the Republican party. Progressive economics has cross-party appeal and it's there for the taking.