The House has passed a roughly $79 billion tax cut package expanding the child tax credit for millions of families and restoring three key tax breaks for businesses.

…And for some Republicans, it was too much. The chief critics of the expanded child tax credit likened it to “welfare.”

“What is a refundable tax credit? It’s welfare by a different name. We’re going to give cash payments, checks, to people who don’t even pay taxes,” said Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky

This fucking guy

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Well, Rep. Massie is absolutely correct here. I disagree with the implication that welfare is necessarily a bad thing.

    I prefer that we make it official though and give cash to people who make under a certain amount, such as with a Negative Income Tax or Universal Basic Income. NIT has been tried and shown that it is beneficial, and it’s a bit less scary on paper because only the poor get it (instead of giving it to everyone and raising taxes even more).