Expanding the Child Tax Credit: Impact and Abandonment

This chapter discusses the immediate impact of the expanded child tax credit, with childhood poverty and food insecurity decreasing significantly. It highlights the positive effects on struggling families but also examines the abrupt end of the credit, leaving millions of kids back in poverty. The failure of the Build Back Better program and the potential last chance to reinstate the credit are discussed, emphasizing the disempowerment of the poor and working class in the political system.