Both Candidates Support Child Tax Credits, but Their Approaches Differ.

Kamala Harris's campaign is pushing a version of the credit intended to fight child poverty, while Donald J. Trump sees the program primarily as a tax cut for people higher up the income scale.\

A large child tax credit is among a handful of remarkably similar campaign pledges from the campaigns of both candidates.

Should you be looking for additional context on this tax and policy, Cato scholar Vanessa Brown Calder offered some recent analysis, for your awareness. https://​www​.cato​.org/​m​u​l​t​i​m​e​d​i​a​/​c​a​t​o​-​d​a​i​l​y​-​p​o​d​c​a​s​t​/​p​a​r​a​l​l​e​l​-​h​a​n​d​o​u​t​s​-​t​r​u​m​p​-​h​a​r​r​i​s​-​c​a​m​p​aigns

Vanessa is the director of opportunity and family policy studies at the Cato Institute, where she focuses on policies that support family and increase opportunity.

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