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On today's Politics and More podcast, a look at America's changing relationship with the so-called social safety net.

First, David Remnick talks with Senator Michael Bennett of Colorado about the New Child Tax Credit,

which issues direct monthly payments to taxpayers.

Then Sheila Kolhakar talks with Michael Strain, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Amy Castro, an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, about the benefits and drawbacks of a universal basic income.

Over the last couple of months, more than 35 million American families received checks in the mail from the federal government, payments for the child tax credit.

The idea of a family tax credit is not new. What's new is this. The money doesn't show up once a year at tax time.

Instead, the government gives some of it in advance, in predictable monthly payments.

And this can make a very big difference in people's lives.

The shift in policy owes a great deal to Senator Michael Bennett, a Democrat from Colorado.

Bennett is now pushing to make the changes become permanent.

Senator, you ran for president in 2020 largely on this issue, and let's just say that it didn't propel you to the top of the heap.

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