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NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Biden asks Congress for $40 billion to support Ukraine, replenish US disaster aid and bolster border

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Biden asks Congress for $40 billion to support Ukraine, replenish US disaster aid and bolster border

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NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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The Biden administration is asking Congress to provide more than $13 billion in emergency defense aid to Ukraine and an additional $8 billion for humanitarian support through the end of the year.
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    An expansion of the Child Tax Credit that focuses on the 19 million children who are shut out of the full credit because their families’ incomes are too low would come at a modest cost. For example, making the current law $2,000 credit fully available to these children would cost roughly $12 billion per year in 2022, according to the Joint Tax Committee estimates.

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      Sure, we could end child poverty with a snap of our fingers, but what if we stoked the flames of global conflict so we could privatize and exploit the poorest country in Europe? All it costs is their dead children!

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        “We’re glad you understand”

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      I’m not seeing this in the article. Is it from somewhere else?

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        https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/year-end-tax-policy-priority-expand-the-child-tax-credit-for-the-19-million

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