Democrats Have a Bill That Would Halve the Child Poverty Rate. It Likely Costs Less Than Trump’s Tax Cut. -- Slate

With Republicans busily teeing up a plan to reduce taxes on corporations and wealthy business owners, two Senate Democrats decided on Thursday to do something different by unveiling a tax bill that would cut the country's unconscionably high child poverty rate by almost half. The legislation, from Colorado's Michael Bennet and Ohio's Sherrod Brown, would drastically expand the Child Tax Credit...
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