I keep seeing videos talking about how it’s a myth or a hoax that Trump made it so the person paying child support can claim the child ad a dependent on their taxes, and that may or may not be true, but the New Hampshire Republicans introduced that exact thing.

If anyone sees or hear a discussion about how it’s “fake news” that Trump changed the tax code, please let them know that it’s not the tax code republicans are changing at this time, it’s the state laws.

They already introduced it in New Hampshire.
https://legiscan.com/NH/text/HB322/id/3043770/New_Hampshire-2025-HB322-Introduced.html

THIS IS HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING TOMORROW!!

01/28/2025 10:00 am Legislative Office Building 206-208

It’s probably too late to submit comment or opposition but if you’re in Concord and you want to go testify please do..

https://legiscan.com/NH/text/HB322/id/3043770

In early 2023, participation in safety net programs lifted more than 1 in 7 California children, or about 1.3 million kids, out of poverty.

Read more in our latest blog
https://www.kidsdata.org/blog/?p=11217

This was a great contribution to the literature on COVID impacts and I'm excited to see it in print!
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The Effect of State Earned Income Tax Credit (#EITC) Eligibility on Food Insufficiency during the #COVID Pandemic by Vivekananda Das #REHO
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https://twitter.com/econoflove/status/1640698008319737860

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