... it would bring millions out of poverty and reduce poverty for millions more, as well as benefit millions more during the period where kids are among their most needy. I'd call that pretty major, personally. Also politics that isn't little, a change with substantial vision, and damned good justification. The income dependency is because it's intended to especially help the kids (and their families) in the worst conditions, while still incentivizing work (i.e. you might actually get the republicans to let it through). The current credit is both smaller and doesn't kick in at all until a certain point.
In a complete vacuum it looks like a big deal. To me, who is used to a flat tax exemption on salary per child (increase with the number of child), plus an allocation per children, plus subsidized child care, plus cheap childbirth due to free healthcare, plus free quality education, it seems like a tiny handout. Let's not even talk about the help you can get when your children are disabled.
And yet for us the current situation isn't too good : children are still expensive, education is not what it could be, healthcare is getting more expensive,....
*sigh* Yeah, it does suck that we aren't close to a proper European system for welfare or health care. They clearly work a lot better.
Incremental improvement is our only chance at this point, though. I mean, at least she's getting seriously accused of pushing for single-payer.... So that might have a chance, if we do well enough in Congress!
Not on day one, though. *Some* pragmatism and patience is necessary, though we may disagree about how much.
Her proposition probably don't even account for the inflation since this law passed. Trump proposition of restoring import tariffs sound better honestly.
Well that first part sure seems fair /s
As for tariffs, I agree that they sound a whole lot better. It seems like the obvious fix for our trade problems. But I respectfully disagree, after reading up on it, the evidence suggests that we wouldn't do well in the resulting trade war.
Sorta like Brexit: We may have a right, but it would just hurt us worse.
But to be fair it is policy that Trump has actually been relatively clear about!