John,
As one of the only single moms in Congress, let me tell you: there's no discount for raising kids as a single parent. Yet it's harder for kids from single parent homes to get help through the child tax credit, which leaves families headed by single parents to bear more of a financial burden. I call this the “single parent penalty”.
I’m proud to be in Congress to fight for working families—including working families headed by single parents—which is why I’m excited to share with you that, just last month, I introduced a bill to strike the single parent penalty from the tax code.
If you’re a child in a single parent household, your parent is less likely to get the tax credit—and in some cases, they may even get a smaller amount than children who are living in families with two parents.
That’s why I call this the single parent penalty, John. Because if you really look at it, it’s the children of single parent households who are really being punished here. Despite our research telling us time and time again that children of single parent households often need the most support, our laws don’t yet reflect that.
Thanks for your support,
Katie
