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"Helped" as in the $600 stimulus checks people got that was supposed to cover groceries for 6 months while they couldn't pay rent?

more the unemployment benefits and the massive child care tax credits, yes.

> massive child care tax credits

massive? lol. It was like an additional $300 a month.

There was a rent moratorium in most places. People were not paying rent.

We? Who is we here?

US taxpayers I guess.

We did?

No, we didn't. Source: had young children during the pandemic and just finished paying back debt I accrued from having to quit my job.

There was this "Child Tax Credit" during the pandemic:

It sounds like you might have missed out on it due to not knowing about it, which would be unfortunate.

Tax credits aren't very helpful when, as the parent post noted, they had to quit their job to stay home.

You're right. I didn't make the connection. My bad.