Can we finally admit the advanced refundable CTC is a mess?

Nonworking people clog up the bottom of the distribution in frustrating ways.

There is no way around it. Equality requires the welfare state.

Monetary and fiscal stimulus is just the normal way of responding to recessions.

This is the best child allowance proposal to date.

It is an interesting but ultimately silly and low-stakes debate.

Phaseouts are taxes that are accounted as spending reductions.

No.

Means-testing is a revenue-raising tax done very stupidly and inefficiently.

A solid child allowance that is also sneakily better than the Dem parental leave plan.