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Child poverty in the U.S. could be slashed by monthly payments to parents – an idea proved in other rich countries and proposed by a prominent Republican decades ago

  • Written by Joya Misra, Professor of Sociology & Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Child poverty in the U.S. could be slashed by monthly payments to parents – an idea proved in other rich countries and proposed by a prominent Republican decades agoRichard Nixon fumbled his attempt to secure benefits for American kids.Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images

Which former president pitched a Family Assistance Plan to the American people that would have provided many families with children a monthly stipend?

It may surprise you that it came in 1969 from Richard Nixon, a Republican who emb...

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