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Explain It to Me

5 big ideas to use tax credits to fight poverty

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Education, News, Society & Culture

4.48K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Meg Wiehe from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy explains the leading progressive tax plans in Congress and how they differ from Trump’s tax cuts. Related reading: Understanding Five Major Federal Tax Credit Proposals American Family Act Working Families Tax Relief Act LIFT Act LIFT+ Act Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Set Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro. There's no we easier aspect of American

1:11.1

public policy than the details of the tax code. There are a lot of ideas from

1:15.5

congressional Democrats about how to improve the tax code and of course ideas

1:18.6

from Republicans as well. I was really excited to sit down with Meg Weehee, the

1:22.2

deputy director of the Institute of Entaxation Economic Policy to help

1:25.7

understand what changes have been made recently and what may be coming if

1:29.6

progressives get a chance to have their way in Washington.

1:45.4

Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Vox Media Podcast

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Network. I'm Matthew Glacias. I'm joined today by Meg Weehee. She is the

1:52.4

deputy director of the Institute on Taxation Economic Policy. We want to talk

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