“The state’s creation of anti-poverty programs, including tax credits and stimulus packages, while allowing the collections program to continue is like attempting to “plug a bleed on one end while another end is still an open wound,” said Courtney McKinney, spokesperson for the Western Center on Law & Poverty.”
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“Things like the earned income tax credit put real money in people’s pocket,” said Mike Herald, director of policy advoasscacy at the Western Center on Law and Poverty.”