Media needs to adjust their headlines on this to include the fact that Romney's proposal:

* eradicates welfare ENTIRELY
* cuts food stamps by $3.1 billion
* gets rid of tax credits for parents
* eliminates head-of-household status
* "promotes marriage"

Is that worth one check? https://twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/1357344348979875848

Romney's proposal also cuts the Earned Income Tax Credit by over $45 billion. It's called the 'Family Security Act,' but it takes away the only available safety nets for the countless low-income families and single parents in America.

The Romney proposal is a Trojan Horse that takes vital resources away from families who are hit the hardest during the pandemic, and offers that money to families that DON'T need help (the income cap is $400,000—wealthy by any standard.) It makes zero sense.

I'm seeing way too many headlines act as PR for this terrible proposal, highlighting the check$ that parents would get without providing a balanced view of what would be lost in return. It's irresponsible journalism.

Romney's team put all of this information out there for the world to see: https://www.romney.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2021-02/family%20security%20act_one%20pager.pdf

Side note: I'm not at all saying that monthly childcare checks are a bad idea. That part is great. Just pointing out that where the money comes from is by eliminating the safety net as we currently know it, and that seems like something that should be prominent in coverage.

Also now I'm seeing responses from people saying "it doesn't eradicate welfare, just TANF."

TANF *is* the current term for what used to be called welfare. https://www.usa.gov/benefits#item-36602

Soooo many men in my mentions saying I’m completely misrepresenting Romney’s proposal. If you guys don’t want to read the proposal linked in this thread, here’s a screenshot. Please take it up with him, not me thx :)