Romney's family security act would replace the child tax credit and send a monthly cash benefit of 250 dollars for every school aged child in america. It would go to families earning up to 400 thousand dollars a year for couples filing jointly. Romney: "We're spending some 500 billion dollars to support families, but some of the unintended consequences"
Among O.E.C.D. nations, the U.S. has one of the highest rates of child poverty. Until recently, it looked as if Washington was about to change that. But then … Washington happened.