Judd Legum

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4. As a result, 3.7 MILLION CHILDREN fell into poverty in January. Many of these children are hungry, under extreme stress, and are more likely to drop out of school. 52 Senators decided inflicting this on children was better than raising taxes https://t.co/OGLzdEM31j — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 15, 2022

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3. The reason why it expired is @Sen_JoeManchin, @SenatorSinema, and 50 Senate Republicans didn't want to increase taxes on corporations or billionaires. This group of 52 people CHOSE to let the expanded child tax credit expire instead https://t.co/OGLzdEM31j — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 15, 2022

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5. One proposal that gained traction was a tax on the unrealized gains from billionaires. It would have raised more than $500 billion, financing a 5-year expansion of the credit, from a group of 700 very wealthy people Manchin didn't like the idea https://t.co/OGLzdEM31j — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 15, 2022