https://www.foxnews.com/politics/parents-could-see-up-12000-child-tax-refund-under-new-bipartisan-house-bill

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a bill that would give parents up to $6,000 per child in expanded tax credits.

It's part of a wider piece of legislation called the Affordable Childcare Act, led by Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa., on the right and Sharice Davids, D-Kan., and Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., on the left.

Both the Republican and Democratic campaigns had called for an expanded child tax credit during the 2024 presidential race, where both sides attempted to make inroads with families struggling to afford care.

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Is this a bribe? WE NEED MORE CANNON FODDER, TAX PAYERS, CONSUMERS, RENTERS, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE SO BUSY WORKING TO SUPPORT GRATUITOUS OBLIGATIONS (A nicer way of putting it, as opposed to using every epithet in the book.) THAT THEY WON'T HAVE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY SCREWED THEMSELVES OVER IN HAVING TO WORK 200% HARDER TO SUPPORT THEIR UNPRAGMATIC LIFESTYLE!

I don't think that's gonna work. It's not working for the rest of the world who's trying this. For one thing, 6K is not enough to support anyone for a year these days, and people are realising time is a very precious commodity that they don't want to throw away.

Also, with the psychology of the collective, if they see 6K-12K all at once, most of them are probably gonna go out and party and buy stupid status items, so. . .what's the point?

And we really need more traffic on the streets, longer waits at the DMV, higher rent, more homeless, fewer green spaces, and more landfill, huh?

Speaking from the nightmare of the Bay Area. Thank the gods we're a high nuke target.