Do We Really Need a Second Earned Income Tax Credit?
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Bruenig discusses Kamala Harris's new LIFT proposal. The proposal is part of a family of policies dubbed "trapezoid programs" that exclude the very poor and appear to be historically rooted in anti-welfare and austerity politics. Bruenig says that universal benefits that include the very poor, such as the Brown-Bennet child allowance, are the better way forward for the Democratic party.