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John Cornyn: “About $200 billion a year go to pay for the child tax Credit…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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ohn Cornyn Claims Tax Code Has Turned Into 'Welfare System', Calls For Child Tax Credit Revisions

Published | Video Starts at 04:27

And we also need to take a look at how the tax code has been transformed into welfare, into a welfare system. About $200 billion a year go to pay for the child tax Credit and the Earned Income tax credit. And Democrats have been successful in decoupling any sort of work requirement for able bodied adults. That needs to be reinstated. (04:27–04:36)

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Asserts that $200 billion annually is spent on the child tax credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit.

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