This Californian wants to help workers save on taxes - and maybe be the next president

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WASHINGTON - California entrepreneur and activist Joe Sanberg has spent years raising awareness in his home state about a tax credit that helps lift people out of poverty — but which many people don’t know they’re eligible for.

Sanberg is now seeking to do the same in two pivotal 2020 primary states — Iowa and South Carolina — establishing chapters of his non-profit organization in both states in January, with the aim of raising awareness about the Earned Income Tax Credit.

On Friday, Sanberg’s group, Working Hero Action, is launching a six-figure ad buy to inform people about the credit and what they need to do to qualify ahead of the Monday’s tax filing deadline.

“One in five eligible taxpayers leave money on the table, just because they don’t know how to claim the credit,” a narrator says in the South Carolina ad. It directs viewers to the group’s web site, WorkingHeroSC.org, for more information. At the end of the ad, a picture of Sanberg pops up on the screen.

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