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Thu Jul 23 12:27:54 +0000 2020

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

You know who’s faced a lot of extra burdens during this pandemic? Parents of young kids who’ve been out of school. So naturally a family with one parent and two kids got less money than a DINK couple. https://t.co/ZAkZhi0d3D — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 23, 2020 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The “kids don’t need money” logic that was embedded in this program was such an egregious example of how the political system deprioritizes family life. https://t.co/ZAkZhi0d3D — PolitiTweet.org

Jeff Stein @JStein_WaPo

What I heard this a.m. is that the Senate GOP is likely to propose just repeating the Cares formula for stimulus pa… https://t.co/Shi0gFYmlv

Posted July 23, 2020 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

To be clear: I don’t begrudge anyone their $1,200 but why was it more important to keep the headline number down than to give families with children the full amount so they could buy devices for distance learning, toys, activities, food, etc during the crisis? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 23, 2020 Hibernated

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