Commentary: Republican Tax and Budget Agenda Would Leave Most Low- and Middle-Income Children Worse Off
End Notes
[1] Tax Policy Center, “A Preliminary Analysis of the Unified Framework,” September 29, 2017, http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/preliminary-analysis-unified-framework.
[2] Tax Policy Center Table T17-0226.
[3] See, for example, Christopher Condon and Ben Brody, “Trump’s Team Pushes Back Against Critics of Tax Plan,” Bloomberg Politics, October 1, 2017, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-01/mnuchin-says-tax-reforms-aimed-squarely-at-middle-class-cuts.
[4] Chuck Marr, “Unpaid-for Tax Cuts for Wealthy Even Less Defensible Now Than in Bush Era,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, September 13, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/blog/unpaid-for-tax-cuts-for-wealthy-even-less-defensible-now-than-in-bush-era.
[5] Robert Greenstein and John Wancheck, “Verifying Incomes of All EITC Filers Would Delay Refunds, Raise Costs, Divert IRS Resources from More Effective Uses,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, September 29, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/verifying-incomes-of-all-eitc-filers-would-delay-refunds-raise-costs-divert-irs.
[6] CBPP calculations using the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey and Supplemental Poverty Measure. We correct for households’ underreporting of benefits using data from the Department of Health and Human Services/Urban Institute TRIM model. We use TRIM’s data for SNAP, Supplemental Security Income, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and housing subsidies.
[7] Robin Cohen, Emily Zammitti, and Michael Martinez, “Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2016,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, May 2017, https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/insur201705.pdf.
[8] Arloc Sherman and Tazra Mitchell, “Economic Security Programs Help Low-Income Children Succeed Over Long Term, Many Studies Find,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, July 17, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/research/poverty-and-inequality/economic-security-programs-help-low-income-children-succeed-over.