This article discusses how Obama’s budget calls for making tax credits permanent along with the tax cuts on the middle class. These laws would ensure that people kept more of their earned income credits, which would help ensure that employed people do not fall below the poverty line. This relates to the tools of government lecture from class, specifically the tax expenditures since there is favored tax treatment for the middle class. It also relates to the two philosophies we discussed; those in favor of the classical liberalism approach would argue that they deserve to reap the benefits of their labors, and that the government doesn’t have a right to take their money. However those in favor of civic republicanism would argue the responsibility of philanthropy, and that we should be sharing our money more widely.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/opinion/21thu2.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=earned%20income%20tax%20credit&st=cse
-Kelly Neary
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