The current debate on tax policy reform provides the ultimate window of opportunity to promote and create policy change that levels the playing field and increases wealth building opportunities and economic stability for those who need it most: the low to middle class. Tax expenditures originally designed to help all Americans build financial security favor the wealthy and mistakenly shut out those with less.

Written by Heather McCulloch of the Tax Alliance for Economic Mobility, this op-ed piece for The New York Times looks at how to change the biggest tax breaks so they’re more efficient and equitable.