A middle-income family spends more than $18,000 per year to raise a child. School lunch prices are higher than ever. Grocery, gas, and travel prices are still expensive. But at least it doesn’t stop Joe Biden from going to his beach house in Delaware!

Aug 22, 2022 · 11:37 PM UTC

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It Now Costs $300,000 to Raise a Child

A middle-income family might spend more than $18,000 a year on a child born in 2015, as inflation hits food, housing, haircuts and sports, according to a Brookings Institution analysis.

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Forgot to mention the $500,000 fence at taxpayers expense being built on his Delaware beach house. Biden said fences didn’t work.🤔
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You voted against free lunch programs for kids. You voted against $35 insulin. You voted against stopping gas price gouging. You voted against the child tax credit. You voted against ACA subsidies. Yet, we continue to pay you $174K a year + healthcare/benefits.
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Interesting. My 24 yr old son just took his little brother on a trip. Paid for airfare, hotel, all food and entertainment. If a twenty something can afford to travel, I'm sure many can.
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Gee Gym, that’s why we have free Universal Pre-K and Kindergarten in Colorado! Oh, and we capped insulin costs at $100 per month. You have never passed a bill in 14 years, but you sure complain a lot.
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Jim, give me a few ideas of what we can do to bring prices down. You only seem to attack politicians, But have no answers.
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So why did you vote against extending the child tax credit, against raising the minimum wage, capping prescription drug prices. You do nothing to help average Americans
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You're kidding right? Remember the last administration? When a POTUS would go to his private resort every weekend to play golf while the wealthy paid premium for access? This tweet makes you look like a fool.
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is this what you said about Trump and Mar a lago? folks were still struggling to meet bills and you gave the rich a tax break and put a kicker into taxes for the poor and middle class
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Gym voted NO on all of this legislation. Gym has never introduced any legislation to cure the problems he claims exists. Gym just likes to criticize. He is all talk and no action. Gym vacations on FOX TV to make extra money. He only makes $250,000 per yr in salary/benfits
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