Speakout
(Opinion ~ 02/10/24)
Yes, I’m calling about the child tax credit with people that doesn’t have income like draw Social Security Disability (Insurance) or SSI (Supplemental Security Income). I was talking about it the other day to someone and a lady was giving me a dirty look, and I’d like to tell her that I’ve been raising my granddaughter now for eight years without a dollar coming from the state of Missouri and just cause I draw Social Security that doesn’t mean that I shouldn’t be able to claim the child tax credit because I don’t have no earned income coming in. The state was happy to bring me my granddaughter and say: “Hey! Here you go” They give you food stamps and give you Medicaid. And I’m talking about the ones that ain’t foster parents. All these grandparents that’s out here accept their kids in and then have to buy their school clothes, the shoes, everything. That’s what I’m talking about, and that is wrong. We should be able to qualify for child tax credit just like the people that’s working especially if we’re taking care of our grandkids. Thank you.