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by s1artibartfast 1112 days ago
Because negative income tax credits and tax deductions are already common place and boring.

The US has a $3000 child tax credit which applies to approximately 80 million children [1]

The US has a $13,000 tax deduction, taken by >200 million people

last, Lower income folks making less than 20k already get ~40K of benefits, credits, and deductions.[2]

https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/individuals/child-tax...

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-warped-welfare-syste...