Yep Nixon was one of them. Just another Democrat hiding in a republican suit.You're mistaken about the EITC. How is it redistribution? People who make as much as $52K a year can qualify for EITC. Is that someone who has made poor life choices? It was also expanded under Reagan in '86, for you Reagan worshippers out there. It was revenue neutral though. I'm curious how it is classified by you as redistribution when it's only on money that you earned through work? Did you ever claim kids as a dependent on your taxes? Then you've taken advantage of the same thing.
You can thank him for income redistribution via the so called "earned Income credit" or, take from the tax payer and give it to those that continuously make poor life choices. Toss in a side of, you cant stay with this woman if she wants to get welfare and thus destroy the family unit, or was that Nixon's butt buddy Johnson. Not much difference between the two really.
Nixon also created price and wage controls which led to the practice of re-boxing the merchandise to provide less product at the same price and call it new and improved. Originally Posted by The2Dogs
This is where money must come from to qualify for EITC. You don't get it for cashing welfare checks...
Wages, salaries, tips, commissions, and other taxable employee pay.
Net earnings from self-employment.
Gross income received as a statutory employee.[14]
Disability payments through a private employer's disability plan received prior to minimum retirement age (62 in 2011).[15]
Nontaxable combat pay received by a member of the U.S. armed services which he or she elects to include for purposes of EIC calculation. This is an all-or-none election. For each tax year, the service member must elect to include either all of t