The one piece of this country's social safety net that Ronald Reagan embraced was the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). As part of his 1986 Tax Reform Act, he proposed and signed a major expansion of this anti-poverty initiative. To demonstrate how extremist the current GOP has become, they are trying to cripple it.
Never accuse Republicans of being uncreative. Once again, they've found an innovative way to punish the poor and simultaneously increase budget deficits — all with one nifty trick!
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