Child Care Credit missed supposed goal
To the editor:
The Democrats are saying BBB Bill and Child Tax credits “would substantially end child poverty.” But it isn’t the children who are in poverty. It’s their parent(s). There are far too many people who got and wasted taxpayer money last year. Giving people more money (making believe it’s for their kids) is not going to improve matters. Government assistance should be a temporary service, people go through rough times and need help. Able bodied adults should work.
We are in the point in our society where you can find generations of families who have never been off the government hand outs This is what government wants, a shift from freedom and independence to a cradle-to-grave entitlement society.
Joe Manchin has it right. Prove that you are working first before you get some relief.
Child care credit needs to be based on earnings and not another welfare payment. Encouraging able-bodied Americans to stay home and receive government welfare is wrong. Such credits should be regarded as a reward to those who get out of bed in the morning, get the kids ready for school or daycare and go to work. We now have 11 million job openings in the U.S. and would increase exponentially because some parents would choose to stay home instead of working.
Our country was built on a strong work ethic. Families, including the children, contributed to their own well-being, as well as the country’s.
Lou Walker
Cape Coral