Marianne, they didn't even cut it in half. A temporary bump is not a solution.

Thank you! I said that in the opening of episode 20 of the @rthnknghumanity podcast!!

When you become President, you can kiss it and make it all better and we'll all live with rainbows and streets paved with gold. Pffttt. 🙄

The new child tax is a welcome relief - but it is TEMPORARY and thus it is disingenuous to characterize it as cutting poverty by any fraction.

It's the best they're willing to do, temporary aid.

While also using made up numbers about what constitutes poverty.

It’s a good start. How are you helping, other than bitching?

I don’t think the bill even cuts child poverty in half, but even if it completely did....why stop there? Child poverty shouldn’t exist in the richest country in the world.

And these soaring food prices are gonna eat up that ONE-time 20% for poor families. So there you go. Just cancelled out that “boost”. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

And they admit they could end poverty but won't. And this has expire points all in it. And if you throw somebody a dollar plus over the "poverty limit", no more poverty. I don't really celebrate this bill.