The Child Tax Credit: One Small Step Toward Universal Basic Income?
The New Yorker Radio Hour
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Are You a Social Democracy?
I think that, i it's a reality in my u know, state, people that want to work have a hard time working because they don't have child care. And we need to make sure that we're doing what we can to keep them out of poverty. So let's talk about the idea of universal basic income, u b i. The child tax credit you've championed is not u b i, but isn't u b i a logical next step if you want to build a more secure safety net in this country?
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