Congress should not extend corporate tax cuts without expanding the Child Tax Credit

AACF has urged Arkansas’s congressional delegation to help pass an economic package that helps Arkansans make ends meet, reduces poverty and racial and economic disparities, and lays the groundwork for long-term recovery and prosperity even after the COVID crisis is in the rear-view. Now, we’re also urging them to say “NO” to any new corporate tax cuts that would be passed without also expanding the CTC, at the very least by expanding eligibility to kids from families with little to no income who most need the boost. It’s time to put people first.
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