The whole point of the child tax credit is to decrease child poverty - which it can cut in half.
Including a work requirement is basically making sure that some kids always stay on an unlevel playing field. It isn’t the kids’ fault that their parents are out of work.
Including a work requirement is basically making sure that some kids always stay on an unlevel playing field. It isn’t the kids’ fault that their parents are out of work.
https://twitter.com/axios/status/1449866575964688394
And a $60K income cap is so low that it would basically leave out middle class people all across the country.
Even in WV it would leave out a lot of people who could seriously benefit from it.
Even in WV it would leave out a lot of people who could seriously benefit from it.
The point of this program isn’t to give away handouts.
The point is to make kids’ lives better - because kids who grow up in poverty rarely get an opportunity to meet their potential.
This will make the entire next generation - and thus our country - stronger and smarter.
The point is to make kids’ lives better - because kids who grow up in poverty rarely get an opportunity to meet their potential.
This will make the entire next generation - and thus our country - stronger and smarter.
Economists say adding a child tax credit work requirement would harm the neediest kids
cnbc.com/2021/09/29/eco…
cnbc.com/2021/09/29/eco…
Aside from that, there is another takeaway from this story, although you wouldn’t know it from the headlines:
Manchin is budging.
Manchin is budging.
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