What Elizabeth Bruenig gets wrong about American Rescue Plan and why that's important to women
The old welfare state isn't the future, writes Kathleen Geier.
The provision for a child tax credit in the newly enacted American Rescue Plan Act is arguably the nation’s most transformative new welfare policy in decades. Compared to previous government programs for American families, it is downright revolutionary.
It boasts three features that make it significantly different from previous versions of the benefit. …