…or no and just said that the EITC was a much better policy. This is not the current state of play. I think it is a clear case where economists…

…the EITC and Medicaid). Also the deep poverty rate was only calculated from 1975 on (I have no idea why). But it just makes no sense for conservatives to define…

…assistance programs such as Medicaid and CHIP health Insurance programs, the federal earned income tax credit (EITC), food stamps (SNAP), basic household income assistance (TANF), the national school lunch program,…

…cliff deal IIRC). For some reason it has taken the place of the EITC as the tax credit even Republicans love. One problem is that, even now, families are required…

…incomes (70% bracket starting at $400,000 a year) used to finance a large expansion of the EITC (so most households receive it). I think a problem is that a simple…

…word refers to TANF which is an even tinier share of the US Federal budget. I believe much more goes to the working poor through the EITC. I believe that…

…political fashion which started in the 70s, took over in the 80s, and is now dead and gone. They include Bill Clinton (who massively increased the EITC and introduced sCHIP)…

…to EITC.  Yours truly will be on a panel of the Tax Policy and Simplification Committee, meeting Friday morning, to discuss how the tax system should respond to the wealth…

…the income tax causes increased efficiency. The proposal is to tax income and subsidize employment (that is have an income tax and an EITC). In theory this should work. In…

…their taxes (like the EITC). Here I want to outline two simple ideas for making means-testing work. First, the government should fill out income tax returns for all filers using…