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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaein0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points The [ederal saf y net today rfey r4du mw-'srnaterial hardshoi but does little to address the underlying causes of pverty, ncluidi n limited employment and unmarred purer [hood. Encouraging employmt and marriage is one tthe most piornising ways to rduce povertyand increase u pward nmlIty. Recent 'fort, to turn the child tax c edit (' im a child allowance wouid undermine empsoymen and the crret eymed income tax credit (EIT ) penalizes marriage. * A sile -x credit t or-bnes he C and the EiT 'would simpmfy Fthe administration of chK In r lated tax benefits for working aim i wIe n u -i+.ding ernployment and mar- riag' incentives into these policies. ae worki n fYmcy cdi v woud prmvidea rmaximum $6,000, $ C900 and $ 2,000 to workEing 2amiles wih one; two, and three chidie n, respecrivay; phe in ant out to bet- ter encourg employment than the currnnt system; and be more generous for mos- low- and mrdle-income armiies wirh crii-dren, especialiy marred faimies. Since President Lynd'n Joheson launchcd the WOr on Poverty in 1964, the United States has :ilt a large safety net that sends hundreds of bi l.ons of dollars each year to needy families. Federal spending on means-tested p rograms has increased by S per- cent since the 1990S alkne However, poor coordina- tion and harmful incentives across the more tha ;- 8m federal means-tested programs have created unintended consecuences and greatly lmited the United States's success in battling poverty The greatest challenge for antipoverty policy today is not assembling policies that further reduce material hardship among the poor. Rath er, me lifficulty resides in how government policies can help nore low-income families chat a path upward increases in government transfer pay- nents since the 199ss have r educed the US child poverty rase between one-third and one-half -wvhen propriy menasuredi However, recent reforms have done lIttle to iWprove mobility for low-income families or curb the nnderlying causes of poverty. Instead, they contribute to a cycle of increasing federal expenditres coupled with More govern- mnent dependence, Research shows that incr eassQ in housing, child- care, and education costs have outpaced inflation

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