On the Issues
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EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT The earned income tax credit (EITC) is a federal tax credit provided to working families with low to moderate incomes. The credit has been highly successful in assisting persons in low-income families to transition from welfare to work, and each year it helps lift more than four million Americans above the poverty line, approximately half of whom are children. Altogether, the EITC enables about 22 million working Americans to meet a variety of essential needs, from putting food on the table to paying monthly rent to assisting in required educational expenditures.
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Abusive Tax Shelters
Unlike legitimate tax shelters, abusive tax shelters are complex transactions that have no economic substance other than to provide individuals or corporations with large tax benefits unintended by the tax code. These illegal schemes enable tax cheats to evade paying their fair share while leaving honest taxpayers to make up the difference. more >
Closing Tax Loopholes
Congress needs to act to close down the tax loopholes being exploited by those seeking to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. more >
Earned Income Tax Credit
The earned income tax credit is a federal tax credit provided to working families with low to moderate incomes. more >
Economic and Fiscal Policy
Michigan's unemployment rate is among the highest in the nation. Our country is also back into a very deep deficit ditch. more >
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