Feminist pioneer #MoniqueBégin dies at 87

«In 1966, she was a signatory of the founding charter of the #FederationDesFemmesDuQuebec, for which she served as the first vice-president.

The following year, she was named secretary general of the #RoyalCommission of Inquiry into the Status of #Women in #Canada. The report it published in 1970 remains important to this day.»

#FFQ #Quebec #Feminist #Feminism #CanadaHealthAct #ChildTaxCredit #OrderOfCanada

Read more here:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/feminist-pioneer-monique-b%C3%A9gin-dies-at-87-1.6962053

The #GOPDeathCult is keeping kids in need, hungry: The expansion of child tax credits under the Biden admin’s American Rescue Plan halved child poverty. When the policy ended, child poverty shot back up. #GOPTaxCuts #CorruptGOP #ChildHunger #ChildTaxCredit https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/child-tax-credit-poverty/

I got a letter saying my Child Tax Credits is ending and I have to switch to Universal Credit by August.

Stupidly, I switched right away.

What was I thinking?!

Now they want a refund due to overpayment of CTC.

Universal Credit is brutal and harsh. I will be cancelling my claim because I'm not in a position to return to work right now.

I can't go back to CTC. So I will get nothing from now on.

#universalcredit #childtaxcredit #taxcredits #anxiety #stress #worry

This week's free Substack newsletter:

• A pleasant bike ride

• My son got his first car

• Universal Credit stress again

• Health and blood pressure

• Links to this week's Medium stories

https://soultoscribe.substack.com/p/ajs-weekly-news-2-june-2023

#personal #journal #diary #life #autism #universalcredit #taxcredits #childtaxcredit #family #newsletter #free #substack #cars #stories #medium #stress #anxiety #firstcar #cycling #health

This week's newsletter:

• A pleasant bike ride

• My son got his first car

• Universal Credit stress again

• Health and blood pressure

• Links to this week's Medium stories

• Free to read on Substack

https://soultoscribe.substack.com/p/ajs-weekly-news-2-june-2023

#personal #journal #diary #life #autism #universalcredit #taxcredits #childtaxcredit #family #newsletter #free #substack #cars #stories #medium #stress #anxiety #firstcar #cycling #health

This week's newsletter:

• A bike ride disaster turned out to be a good day

• The stress of Universal Credit

• My son's first car

• Links to this week's Medium stories

• Free to read on Substack

https://soultoscribe.substack.com/p/ajs-weekly-news-26-may-2023

#personal #journal #diary #life #autism #universalcredit #taxcredits #childtaxcredit #family #newsletter #free #substack #cars #stories #medium #stress #anxiety #firstcar

Take the #ChildTaxCredit. This is the most successful social program in living memory, a single initiative that did more to lift American children out of poverty than any other since the days of the #GreatSociety. It turns out that giving poor people money makes them less poor, which is weird, because neoliberal economists have spent decades assuring us that this is not the case:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/16/mortgages-are-rent-control/#housing-is-a-human-right-not-an-asset

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Flush with cash from its Kendall Square boom, #CambMA will begin giving $500 per month direct cash payments to all families with children age <21, who earn <250% of FPL (about $75K for a family of four.)
https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/05/02/cambridge-guaranteed-income-cash-payments #UBI #inequality #childtaxcredit #parenting

RT @Ugentilini
A battery of papers demonstrated the positive effects of US #ChildTaxCredit #cashtransfers.

A new study finds that:
- CTC reduced anxiety & depression of low income people
- effects were not immediate & emerged after 3 months of payments.

Kovski et al
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235282732300085X#fig1

#Biden says expanded #childtaxcredit sharply cut #poverty for #Black children; data shows he’s right
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/22/joe-biden/biden-says-expanded-child-tax-credit-sharply-cut-p/

“It was necessary to …..look for confirmation of theoretical propositions, not in life and practical experience, but in ready-made formulae and quotations…”

USians generally don’t check statements against reality. I don’t think we even know how too. Instead, ideas are matched with propaganda.

For example, a #childtaxcredit credit is a “handout.” Nvm the *proven* benefits.

The quote is from a Soviet history explaining why the Russians nearly lost the war in 1941.

According to the @washingtonpost, @potus's budget will cut child-care costs & include restoring the enhanced #ChildTaxCredit, which expired in 2021, leading to a spike in child poverty.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2023/03/09/biden-budget-economy-policy-republicans/

National economy reporter #CaseyQuinlan on a new push to restore the expanded #childtaxcredit that reduced child poverty temporarily.

https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/03/06/child-poverty-dropped-to-a-record-low-last-year-a-new-report-shows-how-to-keep-it-the-way/

RT @IPS_DC
One program that the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax could fund:

The expanded #ChildTaxCredit, which cut child poverty in *half* before conservatives refused to renew it in 2021.

Together, taxing billionaires & the expanded CTC would effectively move us toward economic equality.

Great to see Biden mention the need to restore the enhanced #ChildTaxCredit during the #SOTU. It not only cut child poverty in half. It boosted parental entrepreneurship and enabled parents to afford child care. It also DID NOT REDUCE PARENTAL EMPLOYMENT.

https://www.scottsantens.com/one-year-after-the-expiration-of-the-enhanced-child-tax-credit-ctc-what-all-have-we-learned-about-its-effects/

(5/n) “Making the #childtaxcredit permanent would cost $97B per year and generate social benefits with net present value of $982B per year,” a more than 1,000% return on investment.
https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w29854/w29854.pdf #sotu #sotu2023

Enhancements made to the #ChildTaxCredit in 2021 was associated with decreased anxiety & depressive symptoms among low-income adults w/ children according to new study published in this month's @Health_Affairs@twitter.com. https://www.romper.com/life/2021-child-tax-credit-expansion-parents-mental-heath-child-poverty

RT @DrRitaHamad@twitter.com

Our latest paper out today @Health_Affairs@twitter.com shows mental health benefits of 2021 #ChildTaxCredit for the lowest-income families. The CTC provided monthly payments for virtually all US families to address pandemic financial hardships. https://healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00733 @RWJF@twitter.com @NIMHgov@twitter.com 1/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DrRitaHamad/status/1612560362947371008

(4/n) Here's a new paper using a DiD approach to examine how the child tax credit improved mental health among families with children.

Effects Of The 2021 Expanded #ChildTaxCredit On Adults’ #MentalHealth: A Quasi-Experimental Study: New in Health Affairs (2023) by Batra, Jackson and Hamad @ritahamad

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00733

#publichealth #foodsecurity
c @Juliaraifman @keds_economist @rbreich @gregggonsalves

Lawmakers Submit a Multitude of Bills at the Outset of Long Legislative Session
Author: Christine Stuart

https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/01/09/lawmakers-submit-a-multitude-of-bills-at-the-outset-of-long-legislative-session/

#StateCapitol #2023Legislativesession #400pMonday #blackbear #childtaxcredit #childhoodvaccine #earlyvoting #heliumballons #heliumballoons #highwayuserfee #hunting #rabbitmeat #terramation #Tesla