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An advantage of the government's new payments for families: Not humiliating poor people

  • Written by Wendy Bach, Professor of Law, University of Tennessee
An advantage of the government's new payments for families: Not humiliating poor peopleNearly all U.S. families with children will benefit.Tara Moore/Stone via Getty Images

The US$1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package President Joe Biden signed in March 2021 will expand the child tax credit for one year. Instead of providing families with up to $2,000 per child under 17, the government will distribute a total of $3,600 for each...

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