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Cory Booker: “It would cut child poverty in half and give a massive…”

Featuring: Cory Booker, Democratic | U.S. Senate, New Jersey

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Cory Booker REACTS: What is happening to the left?

Published | Video Starts at 12:10

… Americans would not pay income tax and the lowest wage earners because my bill also has a massive expansion of the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit. It would cut child poverty in half and give a massive elevation to adults who live in poverty. the people that I got into politics to fight for. So I don't understand what you're saying. (12:10–12:17)

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Asserts that Cory Booker's bill would cut child poverty in half and significantly help adults in poverty.

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