Banking on the poor

Tom A. Coburn

"This report, Banking on the Poor, exposes how the NMTC is just another tax code giveaway with little available evidence to demonstrate its effectiveness or compare its impact to the numerous other federal initiatives with similar goals. This tax credit intended to benefit the poor is instead lining the pockets of the well-off, such as big banks and other private investors that claim more than $1 billion in NMTC annually"--Page ii.