How the Republican tax bill leaves poor kids behind
Megan Curran, Sophie Collyer and Jane Waldfogel research child poverty at Columbia University's School of Social Work.
H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill, manages to be the worst of both worlds. It spends an eye-watering amount our country can ill afford and directs almost all of that money to the wealthiest while cutting critical services for low- and middle-income Americans.
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