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Both presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have pushed for greater equality for American children, and that starts with supporting their upbringing at home.
Harris plans to “expand the tax cuts and add a large anti-poverty plan, sending checks to millions of parents with low pay or no jobs. That would turn a tax cut into an income guarantee, in a landmark expansion of the safety net,” according to the New York Times.
“Supporters of the Harris plan say the payments would shrink child poverty. Critics see an expensive welfare scheme that could weaken the willingness to work,” the outlet noted. But apparently Trump has a fairly similar mentality. (TAKE A POLL: Should the Government Provide Financial Support to Struggling Industries?)
Trump’s Plan, According to NYT
“Mr. Trump set current policy with a 2017 tax law that doubled the maximum credit to $2,000 and included families with incomes up to $400,000. (The old ceiling was $110,000). But millions of children get partial benefits, and one in 10 gets nothing, because their parents have low earnings and little or no income tax to offset,” the outlet noted, but did not explain how or why these children were ignored. Nor did it give examples.
Harris’ plans to raise the annual cost to you, the taxpayer, to raise other people’s children, by up to $100 billion, NYT continued. This is partly due to the fact that if a person quits their job and decides they don’t want to work in order to support their families, Harris will give them $9,600. Trump’s credit system provides nothing to people who make the choice to not work. (TAKE A POLL: Is the Two-Party System Beneficial for American Democracy?)
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