Trump Adviser Who Loves Corporate Giveaways Says He Has 'Doubts' About Child Tax Credit

Jake Johnson is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.

An outside economic adviser to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said this week that he has 'doubts' about the Child Tax Credit , a program that Democratic lawmakers and President Joe Biden expanded in 2021—briefly slashing the nation's childhood poverty rate in half.

'Project 2025's new tax bracket system,' wrote CAP's Brendan Duke, 'represents an enormous shift of the tax burden from wealthy tax filers to middle-income tax filers.' Project 2025 also calls for tax reform that 'eliminates most deductions, credits, and exclusions,' without specifically mentioning the CTC. While the Trump campaign has unconvincingly sought to distance itself from Project 2025 as it becomes increasingly clear that the U.S.

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