Author:Matt Bruenig
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                  One More Time on Child Care
Is anyone actually saying middle class families won't be squeezed?
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                  Responses to the Child Care Piece
The last piece made quite a splash.
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                  Democratic Child Care Plan Will Spike Prices for the Middle Class by $13,000
Bad design generates bad results once again.
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                  A Reconciliation Family Benefits Cheat Sheet
The good, the bad, and the ugly of Build Back Better.
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                  Problems with the Democratic Child Care and Pre-K Proposals
So many problems. So easy to solve. And yet here we are.
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                  New Child Tax Credit Is Not Reaching the Poorest Families
New data from Code for America shows how few non-filers are signing up.
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                  Sept: Eight Million Removed From UI. Only 194,000 New Jobs.
A devastating September for unemployed workers.
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                  Let Me Walk You Through How Stupid the Paid Leave Bill Is
Imagine Medicare Advantage except if it was designed by idiots.
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                  A Sharper CTC Means-Test Would Make the Program Way Less Popular
A lesson in the hazards of pollsters trying to do policy.
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                  18% of Eligible Children Are Not Receiving Monthly CTC Payments
The number of children receiving the benefit declined last month.