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The Impact of Federal Taxes on Poor Families

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@ Langston Hughes Library (Children's Defense Fund Haley Farm)

Bourdette, Mary Weill, Jim

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This paper explores tax fairness for low income families, shows how much the total tax burden on the poor has risen, how increasing taxes are driving more and more families into poverty, examines existing tax rules that most directly affect low-income families, takes a look at a variety of mechanisms for reducing taxes on low-income families, and reports on major tax reform proposals being discussed in Congress and the media.

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Langston Hughes Library (Children's Defense Fund Haley Farm)

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Digital Library of Tennessee