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William Lindsey :toad:"These questions are still on the table, even after a federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily halted a radical plan that President Trump announced Tuesday to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans, even though the money has already been appropriated by Congress."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MealsonWheels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MealsonWheels</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DHHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DHHS</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LIHEAP</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SchoolLunchProgram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunchProgram</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeadStart</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LowIncomeFamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LowIncomeFamilies</a> /10

William Lindsey :toad:"Will low-income families be able to keep the heat on? Will seniors have access to another meal on wheels? Will Medicaid continue? Will low-income children get breakfasts or lunches at school? Will children be able to go to Head Start?"~ Amy Goodman<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MealsonWheels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MealsonWheels</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DHHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DHHS</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LIHEAP</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SchoolLunchProgram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunchProgram</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeadStart</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LowIncomeFamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LowIncomeFamilies</a> /9<a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/29/trump_omb_funding_freeze" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/29/trump_omb_funding_freeze</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poverty</a> rate for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> during the final month of expanded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildTaxCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChildTaxCredit</a> payments under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanRescuePlan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanRescuePlan</a> Act was 12.1%, the center reported. The month after it expired, the child poverty rate jumped to 17%. It stood at 17.8% in November, the last month for which data is available.…Disputes among <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HouseRepublicans</a> on Tues threatened to derail the legislation.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxes</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncomeFamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LowIncomeFamilies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildPoverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChildPoverty</a>

Nonilex…The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildTaxCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChildTaxCredit</a> expansion would ensure that more of the poorest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/families" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#families</a> — who traditionally can’t claim the credit because they don’t owe any <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IncomeTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IncomeTax</a> — would qualify for at least some assistance. It would allow the lowest-income families to claim the credit for each <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/child" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#child</a>; the current credit allows those at the lowest end of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/income" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#income</a> spectrum only to receive payments for one child.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxes</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncomeFamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LowIncomeFamilies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildPoverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChildPoverty</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poverty</a>

NonilexIt would also bolster certain <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> tax credits — including deductions for R&D, interest expenses & investments in equipment — that were limited in an effort to cap the total costs of Trump’s 2017 tax cut law.  But in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Senate</a> … <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> can block the bill w/a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/filibuster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#filibuster</a>….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxes</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncomeFamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LowIncomeFamilies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildPoverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChildPoverty</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poverty</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#House</a> votes to expand <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildTaxCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChildTaxCredit</a>, beef up <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CorporateTaxBreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateTaxBreaks</a>The bill passed the House by a vote of 357 to 70. It would expand eligibility for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/child" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#child</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tax</a> credit among the lowest-income <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/families" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#families</a> & adjust payments for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inflation</a> for the 2024 & 2025 filing years.  <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxes</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncomeFamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LowIncomeFamilies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildPoverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChildPoverty</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poverty</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/31/child-tax-credit-vote-congress/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/31/child-tax-credit-vote-congress/</a>

U.S. Politics in Real TimeUnder Trump, IRS Targeted Low-Income Families at Higher Rate Than Millionaires for First Time<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-irs-audits" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-irs-audits</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LowIncomeFamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LowIncomeFamilies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Millionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Millionaires</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TaxAudits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxAudits</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpAdministration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WealthInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WealthInequality</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a>

David Ano<a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/Ypsilanti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ypsilanti</a> city council unanimously votes to help <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/lowincomefamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lowincomefamilies</a> reduce <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/propertytaxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propertytaxes</a>. The poverty exemption from the city was raised from $12,880 to $24,750. Mayor Pro-Tem Steve Wilcoxen says a sliding scale was added where someone’s property taxes can be reduced by 25, 50 or 100% based on their income and assets.<a href="https://www.wemu.org/wemu-news/2023-03-01/ypsilanti-votes-to-help-low-income-residents-reduce-property-taxes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wemu.org/wemu-news/2023-03-01/ypsilanti-votes-to-help-low-income-residents-reduce-property-taxes</a><a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/TaxRelief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxRelief</a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxes</a>

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