03/10/2009
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"But a married couple with two children, earning $400,000... that family would benefit from the Child Tax Credit $4,000 in the year."
"I would argue that we had an opportunity to have a transformative Child Tax Credit and it did not happen."
"A single mother with two children earning $14,500... her increase in the Child Tax Credit year over year would be 75 bucks."
"We're told that, by one calculation, grandparents and other relatives who raise children outside of the foster care system save something on the order of $4 billion each year."