THE STIMULUS package going through Congress shortchanges single heads of household, typically women, who are raising children or taking care of aging parents. It is a lot more difficult to run a household with dependents on a single paycheck than it is to run a household on two paychecks.
Couples and single heads of households ought to receive the same rebate amount of $1,200 plus $300 per child. It is regrettable that congressional Democrats overlooked or ignored this inequity.
RUTH THOMAS
Lexington
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