[PEN-L:11462] Re: Child tax credit

["Max B. Sawicky" <Max.B.Sawicky@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Date:          Sat, 26 Jul 1997 07:57:14 -0700 (PDT)
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> From:          Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject:       [PEN-L:11459] Re: Child tax credit

> Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> >C'mon Max, didn't you read the DLC welfare literature? Time limits are the
> >stick, and the EITC was the stick.
>
> Two sticks, hmm, maybe my unconscious is speaking. Anyway, the EITC is the
> carrot, obviously.

I thought you were attempting some esoteric form
of wit.  In this case the stick and carrot are
independent (in law, policy, and politics, I
would argue), so the carrot ain't responsible for
the stick.

MBS


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