Current debate on taxes has snagged on the haves without progressing to the have-nots. Karl Scholz, a former deputy assistant secretary at Treasury, recommends in a new paper that the earned income tax credit (EITC) should be expanded through higher credits for childless workers and combined with wage subsidies. This idea and others will be discussed at a December 12 Hamilton Project Forum on facilitating and rewarding work.
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Source: The Brookings Alert