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Want to really help children and families? Tax corporations.

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Bipartisan tax policy breakthroughs are rare in Washington these days .

The Senate is considering a bipartisan tax bill to invest in 16 million children from low-income families eligible for the child tax credit.

The top 10 percent of public American corporations now capture 92 percent of pre-tax profits, up from 73 percent in the 1970s .

A “cut-to-grow” mythos took root in tax policymaking that has resulted in dramatic economic returns to businesses and the wealthy.

The past four decades of “death by a thousand cuts” corporate tax policy also helped fuel the rise of the dominant, incumbent superstar’ corporations.

Ultimately, children do well when the fruits of the economy are widely shared, and everyone has a chance to succeed.

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