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Ritchie Torres: “Permanent child tax credit would do for children what Medicare and Social Security did for senior citizens. It would end…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2021
Permanent child tax credit would do for children what Medicare and Social Security did for senior citizens. It would end extreme poverty among the most vulnerable Americans.
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Ritchie Torres
Democratic · New York
Source
msnbc.com

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Ritchie Torres advocates for the permanence of the child tax credit, comparing its potential impact to that of Medicare and Social Security.

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