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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The easiest way to bring down food inflation is to stop the monthly child tax credits and pull back expanded SNAP benefits. Less money chasing the same product means a lower price. I'm not sure the rural R voters would appreciate that though. [/quote]

It may lower food prices, but low-income families will have less money to buy food, so how does that help them?[/quote]

I don’t think it will even lower food prices. Once prices start going up, they don’t really appreciably come back down. Look at gas prices since 2008 vs. the price of oil. [/quote]

I can’t find the original comment about ending child tax credit. So I’ll put this here. I’ve been working in person in the service industry most of the pandemic but I had to reduce my hours greatly. When school opened up again and the tax credit became available we were able to afford after care. This is the only reason I can work semi full time hours right now. Because we made less money last year there was no cushion for child care. The credit pays half of what we need and that’s an enormous help. I do typically get a credit at the end of the year but having a monthly installment makes so much more sense for our family. If you are a family that needs it, it’s a life saver. [/quote]

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