The Democratic plan to smash poverty for seniors and people with disabilities

The Democratic plan to smash poverty for seniors and people with disabilities

Marchers in 2019’s Disability Pride parade in New York CIty. Disability rights activists are among the biggest supporters of expanding Supplemental Security Income. In a couple of weeks, the US will start sending monthly checks to the vast majority of American parents. Most other rich countries have policies similar to this (known as a child allowance ). If these expanded child tax credit (CTC) checks get to everyone who’s eligible, they could slash child poverty in America by about 40 percent.

But it could also be only the first of several improvements to America’s social-safety net. An array of powerful […]

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