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In: tax credits for working families; Out: tax breaks for huge corporations
It’s the most wonderful time of the year — the time when you start to get your W-2s in the mail only to put off actually filing your taxes until two days before the filing deadline. Definitely not speaking from experience.
It’s also the time of the year when Congress has figured out a compromise on a new tax deal. It includes a new expansion of the Child Tax Credit that could lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty. An expanded Child Tax Credit, though not as expansive as the pandemic-era changes that expired at the end of 2021, would provide up to $2,000 per child per year for most families. We find that it has support from 71% of voters, including 79% of Democrats, 67% of Independents, and 66% of Republicans.
But in true Republican fashion, a deal that provides help for families in need can’t possibly come without tax breaks for the largest corporations in America. Only 9% of voters say that taxes on large corporations should be decreased, including just 14% of Republican voters. We know we all need a break, but for big corporations who spent the last four years price gouging and exploiting consumers, a break is the last thing they need.
Read the full poll here.
Here are some other highlights from DFP this week:
stop trying to make HR2 happen, it's not gonna happen
Once again, members of Congress are debating immigration and border security, issues that have seen little progress or reform in more than two decades. The current debate particularly focuses on the application process for asylum — a form of legal immigration that protects people who have faced persecution in their home country on account of race, religion, nationality, and/or membership in a particular political or social group.
New polling finds that a strong majority of voters (69%) support the U.S. having a system for asylum seekers to legally migrate to the U.S. to seek protection. The polling also finds that voters prefer giving asylum seekers a meaningful opportunity to make their case before a judge rather than a higher standard that could lead to expedited removal.
When asked about several immigration policy priorities, at least 80% of voters think reforming the legal immigration system and securing the border with Mexico should be priorities for the U.S. government. Seventy-one percent of voters also say addressing the root causes of migration from South and Central America through diplomatic relations and humanitarian aid should also be a priority.
But surprising no one, the chances of meaningful legislation that addresses the root causes of immigration and protects asylum seekers is unlikely to become a reality — most recently because Trump wants to attack Biden on immigration as part of his campaign. It’s hard to think of anything more evil than using the fate of asylum seekers as an election-year pawn, but somehow, we’re still not surprised.
Read the full poll here.
Saying goodbye to harmful AI
If there was one thing we couldn’t stop hearing about in 2023, it was the rise of artificial intelligence — influencing everything from teenagers’ homework assignments to your grandmother’s Facebook feed. It doesn’t feel great to place our hope in Congress to regulate AI in 2024 — don’t forget, this is the same legislative body that still can’t figure out if TikTok accesses “the home WiFi network.” But with how quickly AI is evolving, they’re going to need to get up to speed pretty quickly.
We partnered with our friends at Accountable Tech to ask voters how they feel about regulating AI. Sixty-three percent of likely voters agree that this issue should be a top priority for lawmakers in the new year, with consistent agreement across party lines.
Sure, it’s fun to have DALL-E generate a picture of yourself as a renaissance painting or use ChatGPT to explain a meme that you’re too old to understand. But it’s a lot less fun when the worst people on the planet use AI tools to generate explicit images of people without their consent or use AI chatbots that trick you into giving away your bank account login. Eighty-five percent of likely voters believe companies that develop AI tools should be required to demonstrate their products are free of harm for public consumption, which is really just the bare minimum to make sure we don’t get destroyed by a Skynet created by the most annoying tech bro you know.
Read the full poll here.
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