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TIIE.WAL~'STRi~i~T JOUH.N_J,L.:THURSDAY. SEPTEMHER 2s;'l9_9S :'>
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This isn•t Medicare or Medicaid. , .. more onerous ·senate provision. the ~tax
servativ~s hail it· as far ·preferable ~(fthe
It's undeniable that the EITC was· rife · . hike would be closer· to $1.700 over the
minimtim wage· or other government 'sub- with fraud. But the Internal Revenue Ser:-· · next seven years.
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sidies; sin~ the EITC goes only to_ those . vice has successful c
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who work, it is seen as· a genuine_ ariti-. i an
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·n sharply_. . mayed.· Rep. Thomas Petri. a Wisconsin
, dote .to welfare., As recept!y as this FrJ)- . oreover. ~ Mr. Greenstein notes. only Republican and long-time champion of the .
..i;tmr:v the EfOO WjiS praisM ··bf · a,m~se· · 7% of the proposed cuts in the House and EITC, .favors some reforms. like denying
· Matnritv I&ader Djclc ·Anney no Need- only 4% of those in the Senate are aimed at . the ·credit to .childless couples. But these
. ing·beart . for "rflwantjng work · w»h- curbing fratui;· tlle ~It roughly 95% are changes "go too far~ e.sPeclally in the Sen_gnt destm¥Jng·jo.M_." .·.
. ' . · _.: :~re;al cntha'$S, ~fiooU~IJ more. tbpp '10 lilU~ ate," he. claims, and argues that the ~
· ~ut the program, which has grown. to Jioll wor!dng poor famutes with more· than · publican-prized $500-a--chtld tax credit
$!3.3·bUiton this year, was.jqst too Iippe;- _ ap million cb"dilm. .· : . - , · - should be inade refundable··so lt benefits
·tizlng when· congressional ltepubllcans :
Other Republicans charge the creditJs · .working poor families .too. Such families
looked ·.for cuts to mee~ their . oth~ a disincentive to work; w)llle exaggerated have no income tax liability but do pay re-·
promiSes. To do this and to .meet the,de-: . oonsldei'ably, there's a little to this. But gresslve payroll and sales taxes.. ·
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. mands of conservatlve.populists, like JOlin · . Mr. Greenstein eonclusively points out this · Yet whlle Sen. Nickles.Jsi~J::~Bm&l~ to- ·
Kastch, to attack corporate ·welfare~ Hotise·_
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BUI Archer vowed to close corporate tax
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loopholes. The upshQt: Of the $38 b111ioii of
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· net tax 'reven1,1e gain over the next seven
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. , ·Politics· & People· . years, 60% of .tt comes from the working·
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lAW PROPOSAL
lAW PROPOSAL ,he mvergd IW this &credit. '
By Albert R. Hunt to Mr. ArCher,-corporate-welfare includes· AdJustedgrosslncbme· $,5,000 $15,000 . $200,000 $200,000 halled ·by groups'"'like the
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fare." Influential Sen~ .. Don Nickles. (R;, "talkjngpoints."chargjpgthisisan·out:gf-.
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Okla.) Insists ·any cap on the $500. chlld Cdntml ppwra,m with sJwocketlng costs NET CHANGE·
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BOb Greenste'lli of the ltberal but highly
game. Soak-the-rich propos~iaps If u·s dkectea at ·hate-riOts ·wb~- reltable Center on Budget and Policy Prl~ primadly a"ectswa*es 1 fwo- ¢artier fam- als usually are bad publtc _poltcy_ and are
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Senate Finance orltles, -picks these _charges to pieces. ·.:
mes wbn.lamJy bpcanse of the EITC:S~_ dishonest in suggesting that reains of rev-.
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The contention that this is, as Sen. worldpg to snepd Ume·wjth thejr chUdn;n. -enue 'can be gained to pay for other causes.
example, describes the EITC as a:- "boon ·Nickles· says, "the most out of control en- DOeSn't ti:J,at promote famUy values?
BlJt toc;lay the RepubltcB,ns are even .
· for.tax cheats.and rip-off artists."·
..... . tltlement we have" is nonsense. CoSts
. To see !low this affects real people, more shamefUDtplaYinjt'a rtverse Robk!
This juxtaposition of pushlitg tax tnea- have soared because Congress, usuali.y take one Bob Greenstein-suppliec:i exam- Wlfll: While RepubJ.kans plan a more
sures, with ltttle economic or social ratio,- with the· support of· many GOP memb_ers pie. Amarried couple, with one child, that than $200 bUlio~ tax cut, the latest Treanal~. that benefit. small groups of affluent
and th«\ past two RepubliCan Presidents, earns $18,000 ·and pays $200 a m~nth for sury distrlbptlon figures show that if the
· taxpayers while using the worki~gpoor as) Jhree ·tjmes jn the past decade vritpd:.to chUd care would, under current law, next. · EITC ls cut back, those making less than
the front line in the battle to balance th~ expand the benefits fOr thiS successful year have tax llabUity, payroll-and in- $10,000 a year WOuld actually face a tax
budget has prompted White House Chief of program. After these mandated expan- come, of $240. If the. House Ways. and · hike. As ~ident Clinton said during a
Staff ~n P~netta to .talk about the GOP's sions .a~ ~ver, starting -':~ext year,. the ·Means COmmittee-approved cutbacks in .luncheon WJ.th reporters this· week: "I·_
"Mane Antomette~ tax approach.
EITC wll! grow at a 4% chp for the next the EITC were enaCted, that tax bill would · do.n't believ~ it's a great idea to raise
· The two-decad~ld EITC, which gives eight years, or considerably less than the climb to $370; the couple would owe the taxes on working families making $15,000
Jow income workers a credit against 6.9% projected. annuai growth for entitle-. government. almost $830 more in taxes a year to lower ·taxes on me." Any distaxes-income, payroll or sales.:..has long ments overall.
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· over the next seven years. Under the senters on that?
. ·The House has. app),'Oved.tlle ·contract·
for. America·s Call to restore a $30 billion
· tax break 'for more affluent SoCial S~curity
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move to ensure that a . ~0-a..:Child 'tax
_credit Is available to all·farnllies making
more-than.$200,000.
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Means Committee has endorsed a: $23 'bll·uon-cut in the earned Income tax creditfor
the working poor-tantamount to. a hefty
tax hike for that group. Senate Republi.cans hope to whack theSe Jow income ramtiles· even more,_ With cutbacks of $41 billion in the EITC over the next ~even years.
Republicans work themselves _into a
·tather when they . see. Democrats demogoguing. against the.· dch. Bob DOle
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tba~ 1)11!!1iaD ammti the - children, and the .epublicans would dimuJate -,_
times, tbey,are-principled and· bold, striving to· doesn't dictate tO benefic:iaries bow .to spend 81 have "'fa ~ aqpn Robert ·Gz:eeo;, , EITC ·bmt:fits erikPI 8 ·pjtb inmnmi' UD- to this part of the aedit altogettrer.It's as if they __ ·
· tilake government. live within its ~ eVeri a~ their money-wh~. on Jood, rent or; toy& · Jittia.liea4 of the-~ on Budget and Policy ·S28,553 in 199§. _Absurd, say R~. _don't beli_eve single work~ cin be poor ot
the:• ~-being QDPOPUiar. They challenge- · Politic:ally, it~ for fDi:sguided ~ · Priori~ ail advc;c:acy_group. The most costly TbarsweDaboveawclefinitiOnofpoverty~So. tliat, by prollioting better work habits.~-.
- fann spending and Medicare. But !It -~ther es in the minimum ~ge. - - - - -· _ scam involved the sitbuiissi()D of tax forms .with "the Republicans would- phase _out the ElTC young men, the EITC migb~ foster more·sta_ble ·
times~ th
· • nil - :.arut.:__aetty - m; _ · 1D faiinesS, the R~ W9Uldn't kill the- . phony~ Securltj fuunbers. 'l1ie IRS is QOW: fastet. With 'other challges, the Senate Fmaqce ·futUre iDaniages. - ·.
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;m;nn;.;;t:;:l\ - EITC outright. 'I:beY WOUld- merely ~- it Verifying Social. Sei:uiity numbeis before issu- .Committee plaii would incre8se tries an avert{aturally, the Republicans deny they're be-.·case m point is the plan to reduce the_ Earned more stingy. -~ in .1975, ~ El"fC was -ing refunds. ODe sip U.t the anti-&aud meas- . age Of $312 in 1996 for 7.4 milliOn two<bild · ing auel. In practice; they say, their proposed ·
lnc(;me Tax .Credit. (EITC), a measure that _ expanded significantly in.1986; 1990 ancp993. .--ares· lie WorkiDg ·iS tbat the~ fa0111ies, estimates the Clinton administration. . family income aedit Of $500 pet.C:bild would
_ provides taX relief for. the ~-poor 8nd; The ~ can cite "'policY' reasons for Bnda;t Offjqi mmllt :rrcbrml &;;;;;ijllliltP By 2005, a fifth .of familieS eligible under &«set any loss from a stingier EITC. There ire _
· until:itow, had enjoyed-wide bipartisan support.
reversing some ·of this ~tion, but the
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· present law would lose the~ tWo responses to this. FII'St, it's not yet dear. '
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_AnOther tJIObieiD .Ia_ one. tbat affects _many.-~ . ,V. ·vepnhljc:am art " if 'liJaD1H;te q- whether the aedit'will~y be enacted; and ._
makes sense. It mainly allows low~~ work- -~~en&"_
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-programs tor the poor. It mvoms a questioD: - • Clower tax tes
WOik and .iDYm: -sec;ond. if it is, Republicans sboWdn!t~~tiVe: , . · ·
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Second, Republicans ~ desperate to f!nd ended .at a _given iDcoDie 1efel, then recipients· wheo they Sa, tbat most of tbese-wodcers are
· Of c:oune, peOple at some pOint have to pay
~enues .to- ~- the budget -and. provide are disCouraged .fiUm eaiDiog more lllOiiey. . beini subSiafzed. by ~e EITC. ~ _the -~ for government tbrougb taxes; ud of course,
d!~imfs w~ and discoUrages
$245 billion m tax cuts over- ~ ~ Most btra eaminp' are offset by a 1oss·ot the ~ levels, this -is -true: The ~ ·ezi:eeds the ElTC should Cotistailtly be reviewed for·
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·· -'.a:d-heartecl. The Republicans ·~re right to ~mer~~ ~
:eexaritine welfafe and Medicaid; ·these pro. - f:li:Prtbis~gc)OdJ)O)itiCS; it islOUsySOCial
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· dependency. But the EJTC ought to be wildly .- True, the EJTC isn't perfect; ~ -gc)Ver_llllleDt
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$15,®()·_ofwrong tax increase on the wrimg people at the
c:bilclren liflder iS; _this ·credit ~-to those -·_ (depeilding on the ~ of c:bildren in the wrong time. .Beyond being ba4 ·policy, it 8Jso ·with -hic:OmeS ~ee~a $8,910 and $1!_·630~,11 . _faJilily>. anc1, beyOnd ~ the -EJTC mere.y _ ~ the.~ of
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each doDar earfte!l ~ $~1!630 triggers a reduces~ taX bmden. . • _
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doDar's ~ oftbe-aedit, reaptellts would face
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The solUtion bas- been ~ reduce the EITC ~ 3 percent baye mmmes ~the poverty _make ~ed, but Unpopular, cbinges.l'heJ ~ : _
gradually. N~ ~ tban 21 cents of each extra·. line. In some ways, ~ ElTC IS too ~ at war. '!it& themselves and, all too often, ~ _ -.
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