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His tax cuts increased our child tax credit $1,000 per child, putting $2,000 more into our pockets (and yes, I know the credit has since expired). Increasing the standard deduction helped us a lot, too.

Then you've got how he eliminated numerous, burdensome and unnecessary regulations that stifled business, allowing them to prosper and hire more workers.

Oh, and he eliminated the extremely un-American tax penalty on people who couldn't afford to buy health insurance. Cost my wife and I thousands we couldn't afford to pay and had to put our taxes on credit cards. Thank goodness we now have health insurance, but speaking from first-hand experience, anyone supporting that tax penalty policy is just wrong.