[PEN-L:11455] Re: Child tax credit

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Max B. Sawicky wrote:

>(Sigh.)  There was already a wedge between those classified
>as working or nonworking.  Putting this on the EITC and its
>boosters verges on the 'social fascism' rap.  The EITC was a resort
>to get some money to some poor folks.

C'mon Max, didn't you read the DLC welfare literature? Time limits are the
stick, and the EITC was the stick. And you're not going to deny that the
EITC is a public subsidy to low-wage employment, or more accurately,
low-wage employers.

>"People say I'm arrogant, but I know better."
>
>                              -- John Sununu

Are you making fun of Sununu, or adopting this as your motto?

Doug