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Earned Income Tax Credit
May 6, 2022
Timothy Noah
Biden Is Smart to Attack Rick Scott’s Tax Hike on the Poor. But He Needs to Hit It Harder.
A $1,000 tax increase on someone making $30,000 isn’t just bad. It’s repugnant. Please, Democrats, say it.
September 19, 2018
Joshua Mound
A Better Way to Fight ‘Corporate Welfare’
Bernie Sanders wants to make Amazon and other corporations cover the cost of public benefits for their low-paid workers. Why not reform the Earned Income Tax Credit instead?
May 22, 2015
Danny Vinik
Warren Buffett's Good Idea on the Earned Income Tax Credit Is Bad for Progress
November 3, 2014
Danny Vinik
What Will a Republican Senate Do for the U.S. Economy?
July 25, 2014
Danny Vinik
Who Is the Real Paul Ryan?
Deficit hawk vs. pragmatic policymaker
July 24, 2014
Brian Beutler
Paul Ryan and Ayn Rand Just Got a Divorce
His antipoverty plan will force liberals to amend their criticism
April 15, 2014
Danny Vinik
The U.S. Tax Code Drags Millions of Childless Workers Into Poverty
March 28, 2014
Danny Vinik
The Republican Plan to Help Poor Childless People Would Hurt Poor Parents
The right way to fix the EITC
March 4, 2014
Danny Vinik
Inside Obama's New Budget: A Tax Cut (Some) Republicans Might Like
February 20, 2014
Danny Vinik
Obama Steals Marco Rubio’s Thunder Again

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