The Child Tax Credit: One Small Step Toward Universal Basic Income?
The New Yorker Radio Hour
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I'd Take the Universal Out of Universal Basic Income
Biden administrations child tax credit changes. Now is going to guarantee many families 300 dollars per month per child for a number of months. But i would not continue the programm as its designed for households that really are upper income. I think there are a lot better uses of billions and billions of billions of dollars than writing cheques to households that have incomes above a quarter of a million dollars. And you hav one of those better uses is doing more to fight poverty among kids. So you'd, you'd take the universal out of universal basic income. Nd, ohk, just income. Kind of snappy. I like it.
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