Seeing some happy clients at the tax desk this year

The $6,000 credit per person ($12,000 max per couple) for senior citizens is going over well. So is no tax on tips and overtime.

Whether deserved or not (probably not), tRump will be getting credit in many people's eyes, just like he got credit for eliminating the "individual responsibility" mandate for the ACA which was seen by many as penalizing them for being unable to afford the substandard health insurance being offered to them.

My point is this: Why can't Democrats come up with more things like this which appeal to lower income people? Yes, we got that onerous $10,000 cap on state & local taxes raised (which didn't exist at all till it was enacted by repugs) but this mainly affects higher income homeowners. Child tax credit increased by 10% but that's not much more than inflation.

Why not increase the Earned Income Credit? And why can't that fourth child qualify you for a bit more EIC? Lower the age requirement permanently from 25 to 21? Raise the age limit from 65 to 70, for those low-income seniors who are trying to retire at 70 so they can qualify for higher SS?

Raise the age limit for Child Tax Credit from 16 to 18? Or at least 17?

And for heaven's sake make the Child and Dependent Care Credit more than a token amount (nearly negligible compared to the actual cost of childcare)?

In the current "gig economy", workers who used to be employees are being hit with 15.3% self-employment taxes taking Lyft, Uber, DoorDash etc off the hook for paying half the SS and Medicare taxes. Why not give so-called 'sole proprietors' a break on SE taxes based on their net profit (aka income), and pay for it by raising the cap a bit?

These are just a few things I can think of off the top of my head, and I'm sure there are many other ideas that would get people's attention.

Make these things rallying cries. People would take notice and it would make a difference at the ballot boxes. Don't let Republicans control this narrative. Because the way I see it, that's what they've been doing.