Romney Proposed Monthly Benefit To Families: Could It Reverse Falling Birth Rate?

By Kate Scanlon

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) unveiled a proposal on Thursday that would provide a monthly cash benefit to parents. 

Romney’s Family Security Act would create a universal child benefit of $4,200 a year--or $350 per month--for each child up to five years old, and a benefit of $3,000 a year--or $250 per...