Let me guess, only people rich enough to itemize their deductions will actually get to use that rebate without sacrificing the EITC lol
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Let me guess, only people rich enough to itemize their deductions will actually get to use that rebate without sacrificing the EITC lol
After over four months, the state budget impasse has ended, with the General Assembly delivering a budget that boosts public school funding by hundreds of millions of dollars, provides historic investments in anti-hunger programs, and creates a new tax credit for nearly 1 million Pennsylvanians.
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
After over four months, the state budget impasse has ended, with the General Assembly delivering a budget that boosts public school funding by hundreds of millions of dollars, provides historic investments in anti-hunger programs, and creates a new tax credit for nearly 1 million Pennsylvanians.
I’m proud to vote for a budget with no new taxes or reductions in our rainy day fund with big wins for all PA like first-time charter school reform saving our school districts $178 million in savings; a nearly $600 million increase in education funding & a 1st time PA EITC tax credit for PA workers🇺🇸
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’m proud to vote for a budget with no new taxes or reductions in our rainy day fund with big wins for all PA like first-time charter school reform saving our school districts $178 million in savings; a nearly $600 million increase in education funding & a 1st time PA EITC tax credit for PA workers🇺🇸
The IRS didn't even bother to pay me my refund (mostly EITC) this past year. I seriously doubt I'll be filing in 2026.
Mel, a tech startup CEO in Rhode Island, said she refuses to pay, calling the way the federal government has been run in the past year “taxation without representation.”
My story on the growing "why should we pay taxes?" chatter on TikTok in the wake of the government shutdown.
My story on the growing "why should we pay taxes?" chatter on TikTok in the wake of the government shutdown.
Some People Are Straight-Up Refusing To Pay Taxes With The Dumpster Fire Going On
“Why would I work so hard to give the government my money when they turn around and give me nothing?” one woman said.
www.huffpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The IRS didn't even bother to pay me my refund (mostly EITC) this past year. I seriously doubt I'll be filing in 2026.
You can find the National Academies of Science report here. The bottom line is that we can use the tax system to vastly reduce poverty.
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2916...
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2916...
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
You can find the National Academies of Science report here. The bottom line is that we can use the tax system to vastly reduce poverty.
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2916...
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2916...
Nearly there! One last push…
Any EFC signature experts out there?
I’ve a pendant that I got given as a leaving present from an old job and I’m gonna auction it off with 25% going to EITC, but need advice on who signed this and possibly even what game it was for?
Thanks Toffees 💙
#UTFT #Everton
Any EFC signature experts out there?
I’ve a pendant that I got given as a leaving present from an old job and I’m gonna auction it off with 25% going to EITC, but need advice on who signed this and possibly even what game it was for?
Thanks Toffees 💙
#UTFT #Everton
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Results from a National Academies of Science report presented by @lisagennetian.bsky.social: impact of EITC and expanded CTC cut poverty in half #appam2025
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Results from a National Academies of Science report presented by @lisagennetian.bsky.social: impact of EITC and expanded CTC cut poverty in half #appam2025
RI’s delegation — including @weayonnoh.bsky.social — concluded its participation in the State Policy Academy by @pn3policy.bsky.social, advancing family-supporting tax policies like #EITC & #CTC.
@risenate.bsky.social, Sens. DiPalma & Vargas, @tanzister.bsky.social, @rikidscount.bsky.social, RICCF
@risenate.bsky.social, Sens. DiPalma & Vargas, @tanzister.bsky.social, @rikidscount.bsky.social, RICCF
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
RI’s delegation — including @weayonnoh.bsky.social — concluded its participation in the State Policy Academy by @pn3policy.bsky.social, advancing family-supporting tax policies like #EITC & #CTC.
@risenate.bsky.social, Sens. DiPalma & Vargas, @tanzister.bsky.social, @rikidscount.bsky.social, RICCF
@risenate.bsky.social, Sens. DiPalma & Vargas, @tanzister.bsky.social, @rikidscount.bsky.social, RICCF
Your Tax Dollars Can Spark a Child’s Future in STEM! 💡
Through the Pennsylvania EITC program, your business can redirect taxes to empower hands-on science education at WOW Science Camp.
💰 It’s giving that gives back.
#EITC #TaxCredit #STEMEducation #WOWScienceCamp #CorporateGiving #FutureSci
Through the Pennsylvania EITC program, your business can redirect taxes to empower hands-on science education at WOW Science Camp.
💰 It’s giving that gives back.
#EITC #TaxCredit #STEMEducation #WOWScienceCamp #CorporateGiving #FutureSci
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Your Tax Dollars Can Spark a Child’s Future in STEM! 💡
Through the Pennsylvania EITC program, your business can redirect taxes to empower hands-on science education at WOW Science Camp.
💰 It’s giving that gives back.
#EITC #TaxCredit #STEMEducation #WOWScienceCamp #CorporateGiving #FutureSci
Through the Pennsylvania EITC program, your business can redirect taxes to empower hands-on science education at WOW Science Camp.
💰 It’s giving that gives back.
#EITC #TaxCredit #STEMEducation #WOWScienceCamp #CorporateGiving #FutureSci
Wait, you don't think there's a difference between a minority party & a majority party?
The majority party sets & makes policy. They get to initiate investigations, chair committee hearings... and pass bills. IOW, majority holds the power
Ex: what Biden did with the thin majority in his 1st 2 yrs
The majority party sets & makes policy. They get to initiate investigations, chair committee hearings... and pass bills. IOW, majority holds the power
Ex: what Biden did with the thin majority in his 1st 2 yrs
November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Wait, you don't think there's a difference between a minority party & a majority party?
The majority party sets & makes policy. They get to initiate investigations, chair committee hearings... and pass bills. IOW, majority holds the power
Ex: what Biden did with the thin majority in his 1st 2 yrs
The majority party sets & makes policy. They get to initiate investigations, chair committee hearings... and pass bills. IOW, majority holds the power
Ex: what Biden did with the thin majority in his 1st 2 yrs
The IRS is a tax agency we have to interact with, and also a key means that a lot of safety net programs (EITC, CTC) are delivered.
Since Trump took over, the IRS has
*lost 3/4ths of agency leadership
*one quarter of employees
*is now on its 8th leader
New leader has no experience, also leading SSA
Since Trump took over, the IRS has
*lost 3/4ths of agency leadership
*one quarter of employees
*is now on its 8th leader
New leader has no experience, also leading SSA
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The IRS is a tax agency we have to interact with, and also a key means that a lot of safety net programs (EITC, CTC) are delivered.
Since Trump took over, the IRS has
*lost 3/4ths of agency leadership
*one quarter of employees
*is now on its 8th leader
New leader has no experience, also leading SSA
Since Trump took over, the IRS has
*lost 3/4ths of agency leadership
*one quarter of employees
*is now on its 8th leader
New leader has no experience, also leading SSA
Wrote a post on EITC & CTC for @briefingbook.bsky.social on (1) their current design and historical development, (2) research evidence on their effects on families, and (3) ways they could be improved
www.briefingbook.info/p/tax-credit...
www.briefingbook.info/p/tax-credit...
Tax Credits and the Safety Net: Proven Tools That Could Do Even More
The EITC and CTC effectively deliver over $180 billion in aid annually and could still be improved
www.briefingbook.info
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Wrote a post on EITC & CTC for @briefingbook.bsky.social on (1) their current design and historical development, (2) research evidence on their effects on families, and (3) ways they could be improved
www.briefingbook.info/p/tax-credit...
www.briefingbook.info/p/tax-credit...
New working paper posted last week. This is one of my dissertation chapters, I estimate the effect of a major expansion of the federal EITC on measures of material hardship (it helps!). I’ll have a poster on this at #2025APPAM find me if you want to chat about it papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
<p>The Effect of Expansions to the Earned Income Tax Credit on the Material Hardship of Families with Children</p>
In 2022, nearly half of children in the United States (45 percent, or 32 million) had experienced material hardship, or difficulty meeting a basic need like foo
papers.ssrn.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
New working paper posted last week. This is one of my dissertation chapters, I estimate the effect of a major expansion of the federal EITC on measures of material hardship (it helps!). I’ll have a poster on this at #2025APPAM find me if you want to chat about it papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
And yes it is really weird that EITC and SNAP, which are our two largest anti-poverty programs do not affect the official poverty rate. Neither does HCV for that matter.
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
And yes it is really weird that EITC and SNAP, which are our two largest anti-poverty programs do not affect the official poverty rate. Neither does HCV for that matter.
What is even worse is that when a Republican cuts checks a good portion likes it and when a Dem does it they think it’s nice for them but mostly going to buy drugs. See EITC experience.
bsky.app/profile/utop...
bsky.app/profile/utop...
They literally do not believe that there is anyone dependent on SNAP who isn’t a eg black single mother with 9 kids (who would deserve SNAP as much as anyone else, to be clear) and they are hell bent on proving this.
they really want to test out that three missed meals theory www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
What is even worse is that when a Republican cuts checks a good portion likes it and when a Dem does it they think it’s nice for them but mostly going to buy drugs. See EITC experience.
bsky.app/profile/utop...
bsky.app/profile/utop...
2023 was when we stopped feeding kids in schools.
2021 was when we started, and had the monthly expanded eitc, and continuous medicaid enrollment. Look at how much having those three things helped just in this one graph.
Then they went away.
2021 was when we started, and had the monthly expanded eitc, and continuous medicaid enrollment. Look at how much having those three things helped just in this one graph.
Then they went away.
USDA hasn’t released its data for 2024 yet, but the number of people experiencing food insecurity almost certainly increased again.
And will increase yet again in 2025, which is why Trump canceled the food security reports after this year.
www.stephensemler.com/p/a-couple-c...
And will increase yet again in 2025, which is why Trump canceled the food security reports after this year.
www.stephensemler.com/p/a-couple-c...
November 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
2023 was when we stopped feeding kids in schools.
2021 was when we started, and had the monthly expanded eitc, and continuous medicaid enrollment. Look at how much having those three things helped just in this one graph.
Then they went away.
2021 was when we started, and had the monthly expanded eitc, and continuous medicaid enrollment. Look at how much having those three things helped just in this one graph.
Then they went away.
What would build trust? Show the system strengthens people, not traps them. Smooth benefit cliffs, expand earnings supplements like EITC/CTC - designs that raise work AND cut poverty.
We're all one people, one family. We don't have to compromise independence to provide for the least of these.
We're all one people, one family. We don't have to compromise independence to provide for the least of these.
November 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
What would build trust? Show the system strengthens people, not traps them. Smooth benefit cliffs, expand earnings supplements like EITC/CTC - designs that raise work AND cut poverty.
We're all one people, one family. We don't have to compromise independence to provide for the least of these.
We're all one people, one family. We don't have to compromise independence to provide for the least of these.
Thrilled to co-introduce a groundbreaking DC Child Tax Credit with Councilmember Zachary Parker and colleagues. Ashley, a DC mom of 2 earning $60k, could see a 100% match on the federal EITC and an added $1,000 per child through DC. A real lift for families, our kids, our future.
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Thrilled to co-introduce a groundbreaking DC Child Tax Credit with Councilmember Zachary Parker and colleagues. Ashley, a DC mom of 2 earning $60k, could see a 100% match on the federal EITC and an added $1,000 per child through DC. A real lift for families, our kids, our future.
The so-called "corporatist establishment" Dems did this:
$1B for Head Start
$24B Childcare fund
$15B in low-income childcare grants
$46.5B in housing assistance
$5B to fight homelessness
$5B for utilities assistance
Who does it serve for you to share misinfo on Dems?
whatbidenhasdone.wordpress.com
$1B for Head Start
$24B Childcare fund
$15B in low-income childcare grants
$46.5B in housing assistance
$5B to fight homelessness
$5B for utilities assistance
Who does it serve for you to share misinfo on Dems?
whatbidenhasdone.wordpress.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The so-called "corporatist establishment" Dems did this:
$1B for Head Start
$24B Childcare fund
$15B in low-income childcare grants
$46.5B in housing assistance
$5B to fight homelessness
$5B for utilities assistance
Who does it serve for you to share misinfo on Dems?
whatbidenhasdone.wordpress.com
$1B for Head Start
$24B Childcare fund
$15B in low-income childcare grants
$46.5B in housing assistance
$5B to fight homelessness
$5B for utilities assistance
Who does it serve for you to share misinfo on Dems?
whatbidenhasdone.wordpress.com
Milton Friedman promoted negative income tax. The EITC was a more palatable form of that to conservatives cause it's the same thing with work requirements.
If the modern GOP were sane then the UBI & negative tax (& single payer) would get their support as they all preserve the free market.
If the modern GOP were sane then the UBI & negative tax (& single payer) would get their support as they all preserve the free market.
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Milton Friedman promoted negative income tax. The EITC was a more palatable form of that to conservatives cause it's the same thing with work requirements.
If the modern GOP were sane then the UBI & negative tax (& single payer) would get their support as they all preserve the free market.
If the modern GOP were sane then the UBI & negative tax (& single payer) would get their support as they all preserve the free market.
My dad still talks about the first time he and my mom did taxes together before they were married and was so disbelieving at how much she got back from EITC as a single mother of a 4 year old that he did her taxes twice to be sure
November 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
My dad still talks about the first time he and my mom did taxes together before they were married and was so disbelieving at how much she got back from EITC as a single mother of a 4 year old that he did her taxes twice to be sure
📬 My latest Ward 3 Newsletter is out!
Including: funding Nov SNAP & WIC, expanding EITC & restoring CTC, protecting benefits, affordable housing, local voucher hearing, opening of The Louise on Western, resident resources & DCPL events.
📰 Read: mattfruminward3.com/newsroom
Including: funding Nov SNAP & WIC, expanding EITC & restoring CTC, protecting benefits, affordable housing, local voucher hearing, opening of The Louise on Western, resident resources & DCPL events.
📰 Read: mattfruminward3.com/newsroom
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
📬 My latest Ward 3 Newsletter is out!
Including: funding Nov SNAP & WIC, expanding EITC & restoring CTC, protecting benefits, affordable housing, local voucher hearing, opening of The Louise on Western, resident resources & DCPL events.
📰 Read: mattfruminward3.com/newsroom
Including: funding Nov SNAP & WIC, expanding EITC & restoring CTC, protecting benefits, affordable housing, local voucher hearing, opening of The Louise on Western, resident resources & DCPL events.
📰 Read: mattfruminward3.com/newsroom
Thank you @cmzparker5.bsky.social for championing a DC child tax credit! Both the EITC and CTC reduce child poverty, improve the life trajectories of children, and boost inclusive economic growth.
Join me in celebrating a huge victory for working-class families across the District: we secured the first-ever District Child Tax Credit and an acceleration of the Earned Income Tax Credit expansion. 🎉
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Thank you @cmzparker5.bsky.social for championing a DC child tax credit! Both the EITC and CTC reduce child poverty, improve the life trajectories of children, and boost inclusive economic growth.
I was proud to co-introduce this amendment to help residents most in need. While disappointed the retirement savings protection piece was not ultimately included, I’m very glad to have worked w/ @cmzparker5.bsky.social to pass the EITC and Child Tax Credit - meaningful relief for DC families.
Join me in celebrating a huge victory for working-class families across the District: we secured the first-ever District Child Tax Credit and an acceleration of the Earned Income Tax Credit expansion. 🎉
November 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I was proud to co-introduce this amendment to help residents most in need. While disappointed the retirement savings protection piece was not ultimately included, I’m very glad to have worked w/ @cmzparker5.bsky.social to pass the EITC and Child Tax Credit - meaningful relief for DC families.
This amendment takes two key actions to support families:
➡️ Restores the EITC to 100% of the federal credit by 2026 — three years faster than planned.
➡️ Funds a $1,000 Child Tax Credit for all children under 18, targeted to the low-income families who need it most.
➡️ Restores the EITC to 100% of the federal credit by 2026 — three years faster than planned.
➡️ Funds a $1,000 Child Tax Credit for all children under 18, targeted to the low-income families who need it most.
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This amendment takes two key actions to support families:
➡️ Restores the EITC to 100% of the federal credit by 2026 — three years faster than planned.
➡️ Funds a $1,000 Child Tax Credit for all children under 18, targeted to the low-income families who need it most.
➡️ Restores the EITC to 100% of the federal credit by 2026 — three years faster than planned.
➡️ Funds a $1,000 Child Tax Credit for all children under 18, targeted to the low-income families who need it most.