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Economy

Old Crank

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1. Good idea

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Sat Aug 17, 2024, 09:25 AM

Aug 2024

But we wonder how our tax code gets so bloated.
This is for the first year only. Make the payment automatic when the child's social security card is issued. Make it for all children and do away with the cost of means testing.

Or better. When children get their social security number send the parents a monthly check, or deposit, for $300. Until 18 or 23 if in a school past high school.

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VP Harris is proposing a new plan that would expand the child tax credit [View all] Passages Aug 2024 OP

Good idea Old Crank Aug 2024 #1

The means test is pretty high right now: $400,000 or below for married couples to get the full credit Shermann Aug 2024 #2

Article said low income Old Crank Aug 2024 #3

there is effectively no additional administrative cost. Voltaire2 Aug 2024 #4