To Reduce Income Inequality, Lift Up Those on the Bottom
“All of that suggests that it might be a good time for Democrats to start talking more directly about proposals to address poverty. Dylan Matthews documents that several of the potential contenders in the 2020 presidential primaries are doing just that. He draws on research from Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy to analyze 5 proposals from Democrats to combat poverty. Two of them are expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).”