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The New Child Tax Credit Is A Sea Change In How America Treats Her Poor

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March 22, 2021 5:59 p.m.

The expanded child tax credit enshrined in law as part of the American Rescue Plan embodies a radical, once unimaginable shift in how America treats her poor. 

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