But reforming the earned income tax credit and relaxing zoning laws would also both do a lot to help the poor in the US.
The link above didn’t seem to have any proposals of how to reform the earned income tax credit. It argues for an alternative measure of poverty in the US.
Yeah, I didn’t have a better one on-hand and thought that article was more about EITC than it actually was.
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The link above didn’t seem to have any proposals of how to reform the earned income tax credit. It argues for an alternative measure of poverty in the US.
Yeah, I didn’t have a better one on-hand and thought that article was more about EITC than it actually was.