Marco Rubio Tells Children To Get Jobs As Attack On Child Tax Credit Backfires

Sen. Marco Rubio is complaining that giving children $300/month instead of working is socialism.

Sen. Rubio tweeted:

Yeah, why don’t those lazy four-year-olds get jobs instead of draining the taxpayers while sitting at home doing nothing?

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Sen. Rubio’s ad, even if you ignore the fact that Marco Rubio just put himself on the record as supporting child labor, is really bad politics. 54% of voters support the child tax credit, and 35% oppose it. Thirty percent of Republicans support it. 

In one swoop, Marco Rubio has managed to both attack children and a popular policy that helps kids.

This is not the way to win a reelection campaign.

Rubio’s ad itself is full of the now-standard Republican talk of socialism and scary music.

Marco Rubio appears to be supporting child labor because giving a child tax credit to working families is socialism. Marco Rubio wants to keep America free by sending kids back to the coal mines and factories because nothing says freedom like a ten-year-old with Black Lung.

The Republican Party has completely jumped the shark.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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