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  2. Proposed child tax credit expansion would lift half a million ...

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    Congress is considering an expansion of the federal child tax credit (CTC), a measure that could lift as many as half a million children from the poverty line. The bipartisan proposal for the CTC ...

  3. Negative income tax - Wikipedia

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    New Jersey (1968–1972) observing 1,357 families for a period of 3 years and testing the guarantee levels from 0.5 to 1.25 of the poverty line and tax rates from 0.3 to 0.7. Rural Iowa and Carolina (1969–1973) involving 809 families for a period of 3 years and testing guarantee levels from 0.5 to 1.00 and tax rates from 0.3 to 0.7.

  4. Poverty reduction - Wikipedia

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    Poverty reduction, poverty relief, or poverty alleviation is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift people out of poverty. Measures, like those promoted by Henry George in his economics classic Progress and Poverty , are those that raise, or are intended to raise, ways of enabling the poor to ...

  5. This Income Is Considered Poverty Level in 2025 - AOL

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    Where you live in the United States has an impact on what is considered below the poverty line or within the poverty threshold. Here is a breakdown of 2025 poverty guidelines by region or state ...

  6. Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Wikipedia

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    One central goal is to create a more poverty-focused government. Previously, poverty reduction had been largely a marginalized concern within governments of developing countries. [3] Through the PRSP process, the issue of poverty has moved up in priority, creating more comprehensive plans addressing poverty specifically than ever before. [3]

  7. New parents in Baltimore could get a $1,000 'baby bonus ... - AOL

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    New parents in Baltimore could receive a $1,000 “baby bonus” if voters approve a proposal that aims to help reduce childhood poverty from birth with a modest one-time cash payment. A group of ...

  8. Live Below the Line - Wikipedia

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    Live Below the Line is an annual anti-poverty campaign run by the Oaktree Foundation.The campaign began as a challenge in which participants would feed themselves on the equivalent of the extreme poverty line for five days [1] to gain an insight into some of the hardships faced by those who live in extreme poverty, but was later expanded to include other activities to reflect a more diverse ...

  9. The family that the poverty line was designed around is ... - AOL

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    It's old and outdated, but here's why the poverty rate still matters.