It's time to boost the child tax credit - Washington Examiner

Rep. Blake Moore's bill would increase the child tax credit from $2,000 to $3,000 per child.

Ruben Navarrette : It would create a larger $ 4,200 tax credit for children younger than school age.

He says the bill would have a work requirement of sorts: A family must earn $ 20,000 a year in order to earn the full credit.

A child tax credit is based on the idea that a particular income for five humans should be taxed less than the same income for one human.

The biggest difference between the old exemption and the new larger credit is a distributional one.

For a single mother earning $ 20,000 , the $ 3,000 credit would exceed her federal income tax.