Republican tax policies are measurably bad for America's children

It may seem intuitive that states that invest more in public services are better places for children to grow up, but the Foundation for Child Development now has the numbers to prove it. The foundation is out with a new study that confirms the “strong relationship” between higher state taxes and children’s health.

States that have higher tax rates generate higher revenues and have higher [Child Well-Being Index] values than states with lower tax rates.

The amount of public investments in programs is strongly related to CWI values among states. Specifically, higher per-pupil spending on education, higher Medicaid child-eligibility thresholds, and higher levels of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits show a substantial correlation with child well-being across states.

So, there you go. Again. As it turns out, spending money to take care of children makes children's lives substantially and measurably better, and spending on children is predicated on taxing to pay for those programs. So if you want to cut those programs so that rich people don't have to pay the same tax rates they would have had to at any other time in modern American history, you are hurting those kids.

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