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There’s bipartisan agreement on child tax credits, but Republican Mitt Romney’s plan would have paid for it by scaling back other tax credits designed to aid the poor. President Joe Biden’s plan does not. Nevetheless, writes Los Angeles Times columnist Robin Abcarian, it’s important that both now recognize the painfully obvious — the best way to get out of poverty is to have more money.

Abcarian: If you really believe kids are our most precious resource, say it with cash Robin Abcarian © (Associated Press) Sen. Mitt Romney has proposed a monthly payment to families with children, but it has some baggage that President Biden's proposal doesn't. (Associated Press) I'll admit it. I was surprised to learn that Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney had proposed giving cash every month to American families with children. Romney, who was once compared with Thurston Howell III, the clueless elitist from “Gilligan’s Island,” is not exactly the first politician who...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Tucked inside President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan is a seemingly radical notion that children should not grow up in

Tucked inside President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan is a seemingly radical notion that children should not grow up in poverty

BALTIMORE - Tucked inside President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan is a seemingly radical notion that children should not grow up in ...