Todd Tiahrt: “In Kansas right now, a family of four making $28,000 a year is eligible to receive benefits from the women and children…”

“In Kansas right now, a family of four making $28,000 a year is eligible to receive benefits from the women and children fund. This is 180,000 people who would receive about $300 per year if they did qualify for the WIC Program. However, if Members would just give them a little relief in their tax structure, like a $500-per-child tax credit, they would actually get more money. Instead of getting $600 per year for those two children, they would actually get $1,000 per year. It would be money they could control. The difference in philosophies here is that the other side of the aisle would like to control how people run their lives and what they have to do with their money, but the Republicans trust people. They want them to have more of their own money to meet the needs that their children have, because who best would understand what a child needs, other than its parents? So I would support the $500 per child tax relief and oppose the women and children fund.”