Bread for the World President Rev. David Beckmann Speaks on the Need to Preserve and Strengthen the CTC and EITC
One of the biggest antipoverty initiatives in President Barack Obama’s budget is his proposal to “make work pay” for low-income families through improvements to the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which will be considered after Memorial Day.
These two policies will make a huge difference in lifting working families out of poverty. However, improvements to both the CTC and the EITC are set to expire at the end of 2010 without immediate Congressional action to preserve and build upon these vital programs.
To learn more about what is at stake in the months to come and find out what you can do to help build the campaign to preserve these critical tax credits, listen to an English- or Spanish-language podcast with Reverend David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World.
