As someone currently raosong 2 kids on a single fairly meager income, it comes down to budgeting, extreme price sensitivity and using the annual child tax credits as a cash injection to rebalance everything every 12 months and/or subsidize major needed purchases

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

imagine if that credit was removed due to certain politicians who respond with people need to budget better and bootstrap and crap.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Politicians should have to live on the federal minimum wage. Their jobs and staff can be managed by an office manager. Any personal wealth has to go into a blind trust so there's no cheating.

Let's see how fast that wage comes up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

A trump presidency would be the beginning of the end. Republicans want complete control because they need it inact their cruel policies. When the common folk are on the streets hungry, the rich start to look awfully appetizing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Don’t worry rich people, the police will get a wage increase to keep those hungry beggars away from you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Glad I'm not alone in this. Tight budgeting that slowly trickles down to negative and then the tax credits come in and give us a boost to hopefully last the next year.