Raise the EITC

[One Brow]

LMAO. You found one and it references Kenya. Yeah, apples to apples.

What's the minimum number of links you require, and what locations are relevant?

After all, the world is full of arrogant idiots who think they are better than poor people, and that poor people don't have money because of personal defects. So, I don't know how many programs there are that offer unencumbered cash.

But you have some personal anecdotes, so you must be the expert.

 

[Gameface]

What's the minimum number of links you require, and what locations are relevant?

After all, the world is full of arrogant idiots who think they are better than poor people, and that poor people don't have money because of personal defects. So, I don't know how many programs there are that offer unencumbered cash.

But you have some personal anecdotes, so you must be the expert.

I think showing that the U.S. EITC made a difference would be sufficient.

 

[One Brow]

I think showing that the U.S. EITC made a difference would be sufficient.

Scholarly articles only, or general news releases?

 

[Gameface]

Scholarly articles only, or general news releases?

I'm not making the rules here, man. If you get **** show it. I'm not against you here.

 

[One Brow]

I'm not making the rules here, man. If you get **** show it. I'm not against you here.

Sorry. That should have been directed as Wes Mantooth. My real point is that people with entrenched opinions don't really care about the data.

First three articles on Google Scholar.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1091142111401008
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1091142116654965
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4851995/

 

[idestroyedthetoilet]

LMAO. You found one and it references Kenya. Yeah, apples to apples.

NBER, Brookings Institute. PEW, White House papers, Federal Reserve studies... there is enough top shelf writing on this to keep you busy all week.

 

[JazzGal]

Then I'm all for increasing the EITC since it appears to be helping.

 

[fishonjazz]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/thei...RBbyuihkLYshdT1AAj7tKg9EoiHRPunJNRrsKfa40_Fgp

Three families of dynastic wealth — that’s the Walton, Koch and Mars families — have seen their wealth increase close to 6,000% since 1982

Their combined wealth – a staggering $348.7 billion as of October 2018 – is more than the combined wealth of 4 million American families of median wealth

As the Waltons, Kochs, and Mars families have seen their wealth increase, the median household wealth for Americans has fallen by 3% since 1982

Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett, the three richest people in the world, are wealthier than the bottom half of the country — combined

More generally, the top 1% of the U.S. — a group of 1.6 million families, holds 42% of the nation’s wealth. The bottom 90% only holds 23%. That’s roughly the same amount as the top 0.1%.

Average pre-tax incomes for the bottom 50%, when adjusted for inflation was $16,000 in 1980. More than 30 years later, it was $16,200. In comparison, incomes doubled for the top 10%. This snowballs the wealthier you are. Incomes tripled for the top 1%. And for the top 0.1%? Incomes quadrupled.



I see this as problematic and disturbing