The program's expiration cuts off a key lifeline at what anti-poverty activists see as the worst possible moment.
“Yet another sign of the misaligned priorities of this country,” the Rhode Island Poor People’s Campaign
Monday in response to the CTC’s expiration. “Programs of social uplift are sacrificed to the war economy and militarism.”over the weekend that with Omicron surging, “economists warn that the one-two punch of expiring aid and rising cases could put a chill on the once red-hot economic recovery and cause severe hardship for millions of families already living close to the poverty line.”that without the boosted CTC, “it’s going to be hard next month.
“Just thinking about it, it really makes me want to bite my nails to the quick,” Lara said. “Honestly, it’s going to be scary. It’s going to be hard going back to not having it.”
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