Expanded Child Tax Credit drove down child poverty, so why is Congress not acting?

When it comes to tax breaks and increases, it’s seemingly all about “who” – who are you, and who do you know.

While corporate shills bend the ears of politicians when it comes to taxation, one policy that would do a world of good for many American families would be to permanently expand the Child Tax Credit, which caused an historic drop in the childhood poverty rate when it was in effect.

“Our public policy choices often discredit low-income families to make good decisions, but this experience told us that people used their money effectively for their families,” said Rachel Blakeman, director of the Purdue Fort Wayne Community Research Institute.

Read the editorial in The Journal Gazette (subscription required)