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Matt Bruenig
MattBruenig
Marr's novel tells the story of someone with an income right around the poverty line, so that he can celebrate an EITC program that is *intentionally* designed to exclude the
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TCWF
TaxCreditsWF
Thread: Today is #EITCAwarenessDay, and we want to share the top 10 reasons that we love the #EITC! We want everyone eligible for the EITC to receive the credit they’ve
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Chuck Marr
ChuckCBPP
The emergency relief plan that President-elect Biden announced yesterday would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for over 17 million adults not raising children at home who work hard
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dylanjfbellisle
dylanjfbellisle
Lots of questions about #RomneyPlan. What exactly happens to the #EITC? #Romney's plan eliminates Head of Household status, so doesn't that equate to a tax increase for single parent households?
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Kathy Qian 🇺🇸
kathyqian_
This disingenuous argument by @IlliniBizDean basically summarizes what’s wrong with economics in one tweet. Instead of empathizing with students who are struggling to make ends meet, he deflects to an
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Michael R. Strain
MichaelRStrain
THREAD. In my latest working paper, @dwschanz and I find that EITC expansions increase employment. On average, employment increased by about 5 percentage points by the fifth year following an
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Chuck Marr
ChuckCBPP
Excellent piece by @ThePlumLineGS on how Biden policies to help rural areas advance unity.Here is a brief thread that focuses on two other Biden proposals – Child Tax Credit and
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Kyle Pomerleau
kpomerleau
Redoing thread to fix a spelling error:Romney's proposal does, however, change the tax code in ways that raise and lower marginal rates for different people.The overall effect on work incentives
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Pamela Herd
pamela_herd
Debates over the minimum wage are as much about politics, as they are about the research. The push for a minimum wage actually came from early 20th century progressive eugenicists
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Chuck Marr
ChuckCBPP
Before year-end, Congress needs to provide a “look-back” provision -- just like they did for private equity-owned companies – to protect struggling families from losing EITC and Child Tax Credits
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Assemblymember Patricia Fahy
PatriciaFahy109
Today, I introduced legislation to significantly transform and increase New York’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) by: Increasing state credit's value from 30 to 40% of the federal credit Makes
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Josh McCabe
JoshuaTMcCabe
Some folks are arguing advanced monthly payment of CTC under an AFA-style policy like the one Biden is proposing would lead to confusion and headaches in the case of clawbacks.
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Lyman Stone 石來民
lymanstoneky
So, the Romney plan is interesting.Yes, it pays for itself by cutting some other benefits for kids.But the Niskanen Center's analysis suggests *even with* those cuts, it reduces child poverty
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Bob Greenstein
GreensteinCBPP
One key need this year is tax relief for low-wage workers who have lost earnings in 2020 because of the pandemic and recession. They risk losing some or all of
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Chuck Marr
ChuckCBPP
This is a thread on the Romney Child Tax Credit plan. My hope is that somehow it will find its way to liberal commentators who feel an almost giddy impulse
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Ioana Marinescu
mioana
Don't get me wrong, I am the first to say that employers often underpay workers, but the idea that tax payers subsidize employers is misleading. Food stamps help people, not
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