Thread by @rebeccavallas

Looking for hot takes on Biden's #AmericanFamiliesPlan?

@TCFdotorg's got you covered with this round-up of reactions from me, @pelhamprog @JulieKashen @drtaylor09 & more 👇

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@TCFdotorg @pelhamprog @JulieKashen @drtaylor09 tl;dr on my take:

Together with the #AmericanRescuePlan and the #AmericanJobsPlan, the #AmericanFamiliesPlan represents an historic commitment to addressing America’s shameful and unjust levels of poverty and inequality.

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@TCFdotorg @pelhamprog @JulieKashen @drtaylor09 On the income security front, there's lots to be excited about in the #AmericanFamiliesPlan -- including:

* making the EITC expansion for "childless" workers permanent
* permanent full refundability of the Child Tax Credit
* historic expansions of school meals, and more.

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@TCFdotorg @pelhamprog @JulieKashen @drtaylor09 While the #AmericanFamiliesPlan’s 4-year extension of the ARP's other historic CTC expansions is a welcome & significant step, Congress should act to make them PERMANENT.

Kids' & families’ economic futures should not be left up in the air with an arbitrary expiration date.

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@TCFdotorg @pelhamprog @JulieKashen @drtaylor09 And while Biden's #AmericanFamiliesPlan unfortunately does not (yet) include his promises to update SSI, 51 members of Congress have joined together to call on Biden & Congress to include urgently needed SSI improvements in the next recovery package.

https://twitter.com/rebeccavallas/status/1384269123249573899?s=20

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@TCFdotorg @pelhamprog @JulieKashen @drtaylor09 We must now turn to Congress to prioritize these long-overdue SSI updates as the next package comes together on the hill—to ensure SSI provides a lifeline to economic security + dignity for disabled & older Americans instead of consigning them to deep & inescapable poverty. /end

@TCFdotorg @pelhamprog @JulieKashen @drtaylor09 #DemolishDisabledPoverty
#CripTheVote
#TalkPoverty
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