Iowa Democrat Who Nearly Unseated Steve King Starts Anti-poverty Nonprofit
“Over the coming three months, Working Hero Iowa plans to conduct outreach to Iowans with modest earnings about their eligibility for the income-based refundable tax credit ― what is effectively free cash ― and provide them with free tax preparation services that they need to claim the benefit. The EITC was created in 1975 to supplement the income of Americans whose jobs did not provide them enough income to escape poverty. It has historically enjoyed bipartisan support because it is structured to fight poverty by rewarding work.”