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WATCH: Universal Income Project co-director Jim Pugh explains the fundamentals of universal basic income in this cable TV interview.
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It's been been well established that the expanded Child Tax Credit had a huge impact on reducing child poverty in the US.
Now, there's new data showing that Democrats who run on renewing the program will get a big boost at the polls this November.
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Democratic congressional candidates in close races need every possible edge to win in November.
Here's an easy one: campaign on reviving the expanded Child Tax Credit.
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.@SenSherrodBrown gets it spot on:
"I’ll put it this way: no more tax breaks for big corporations and the wealthy unless the child tax credit’s with it. I'll lay down in front of a bulldozer on this."
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Designing effective benefits policy is a complex task, and there are many open questions about how to best structure programs to make the most positive impact.
But the evidence is in for work requirements: they just don’t work.
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"There are many open questions about how to best structure benefits programs and tax credits to make the most positive impact. But the evidence is in for work requirements: they just don’t work."
Why requiring work for the Child Tax Credit is a bad idea: https://t.co/DuFdKZ34u1
To guaranteed economic security, we need to make sure that public benefits actually reach people who are eligible for them.
That isn’t happening with our current safety net.
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Targeting benefits may seem like an efficient way to allocate resources, but these programs often struggle with low take-up rates among eligible families.
To reach more poor people, we should pursue universal programs.
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As negotiations continue around the expanded Child Tax Credit, some centrist Democrats are pushing to make the credit more means-tested.
In practice, that may leave out many poor American families who need it most.
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