Barack Obama · 2009-2017 term
Enact a worker tax credit
Obama enacted worker tax relief, but the ultimate delivery was more temporary and politically altered than the original campaign framing.
Latest reviewed action recorded: Feb 17, 2009
Record Note
Research import batch 1. Built from PolitiFact and stimulus legislation. Source references remain in database/promise_tracker_import_batch_1.json because sources.policy_id is still required.
Original Promise
Enact a Making Work Pay tax credit that would equal 6.2 percent of up to $8,100 of earnings, yielding a maximum credit of approximately $500.
Action Timeline
Actions document what the federal government did. Outcomes below describe what changed, and each source list shows where the public record comes from.
Feb 17, 2009
Stimulus law includes Making Work Pay credit
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included the Making Work Pay tax credit.
Outcomes
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Economic Outcome
Workers received federal tax relief, but the policy was time-limited and later replaced by other tax-cut mechanisms.
Measured or documented impact: A broad worker tax credit was enacted in the recovery package, though not as a permanent credit.
Black community impact: Worker tax relief affected Black households as part of broader recession-response policy, though it was not a targeted racial-equity measure.
Evidence strength: Moderate
Linked sources: 0
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