Monthly Child-Tax-Credit Payments Cease, Ending Cushion for Family Budgets - WSJ

Families are bracing for bank balances to suffer when the middle of January comes and the monthly child-tax-credit payment doesn’t.

They think that’s bad, wait until they file their taxes.

Many, many Americans rely on a giant to refund to cover debt payments or other major purchases. Thanks to Washington’s “help,” half of it is already come and gone.

This was a gimmick, and a terribly hurtful one at that.