If you're a working parent and you're primary or entire tax liability is contained within fica, you know, the payroll tax, you can apply a significant percentage of your child tax credit towards fica, because if it's just towards income tax, There's a lot of people making under $36,000 a year that don't pay federal income tax, but they are paying payroll tax. And all that means is parents get to keep more of the money that they're earning. But it's pro work, and that's important. You can't be pro family if you're not pro work. (28:27–28:33)
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Asserts that many people earning under $36,000 do not pay federal income tax but do pay payroll tax.
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