The earned income tax credit and the child tax credit provisions, among others in the Rescue Plan, will do more to reduce child poverty in our country than all the empty rhetoric for the last 25 years about personal responsibility.
Gwen Moore: “The earned income tax credit and the child tax credit provisions, among others in the Rescue Plan, will do more to…”
On the recordMarch 22, 2021
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Highlighting the effectiveness of tax credits in reducing child poverty.
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