I would just quickly comment on the issue of tax credits. We really need to look at that. If you take something simple like access to recreation for young people, the current tax credit doesn't work, because you have to have the money to put up front to get the tax credit. For low-income families, they just can't get their kids into soccer or whatever in the first place, so a tax credit does them no good. So those kinds of solutions really aren't helping those who most need the help.
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