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To: Lane3 who wrote (25622)1/21/2004 10:24:13 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 793772
 
Earned income tax credit is negative income tax. There is a point at which a working person actually is worse off than a person on welfare - because of all the benefits that you get on welfare - like subsidized housing, subsidized health care, subsidized training, subsidized day care. So a lot of people just give up - they're worse off if they work.

EITC is only for people with kids because those are the main ones who get welfare - whatever they call welfare these days - the alphabet soup du jour. WIC is one thing but there's something else. I think maybe WIC is what they call food stamps these days? At any rate, EITC can be as much as $5000.

I don't like the idea but it's better than people not working.

I'd like to see single parents form some kind of association and get cheaper health care that way - maybe some variation on Parents Without Partners. Like the geezers do with AARP and medigap coverage.
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