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Elizabeth Lower-Basch was quoted about warning signs of IRS scammers.
Elizabeth Lower-Basch was quoted about the $1.9 trillion relief package: “Getting this far is a huge win and a sign of progress in the conversation, as well as immediately putting money in people's pockets.”
Elizabeth Lower-Basch was quoted about how an expanded child tax credit would aid families who need it the most.
The new administration is moving swiftly on many approaches--including several we proposed--to address the needs of people with low incomes.
“The year 2019 is in the rearview mirror now,” said Elizabeth Lower-Basch, a director at the Center for Law and Social Policy, an antipoverty nonprofit in Washington. “We obviously hit bumpy terrain. We have to pay more attention to where we are than where we were.”
Elizabeth Lower-Basch was quoted about the lack of funds for undocumented immigrant populations.
Unemployment has spiked to over 14 percent for March 2020, with most observers predicting a historic high of 20 percent. Without targeted job creation in communities hardest hit, today's crisis will have a lasting negative impact on workers of color and others.
"Also, stimulus payments will not count as income for government assistance programs, such as Medicaid or food stamps, though the money could be considered part of your assets if you save it for more than 12 months, said Elizabeth Lower-Basch, director of income and work supports for the Center for Law and Social Policy, an advocacy group."
“There’s this notion that we let these programs wither when the economy is good even though there are so many people who are still struggling to find employment, and then there’s a major crisis and we have to start from scratch,” Elizabeth Lower-Basch, with the anti-poverty advocacy group Center for Law and Social Policy, said.
Elizabeth Lower-Basch was quoted about in this article that fact checks Trump's claim in the State of the Union that 10 million people were lifted "off of welfare."