How would YOU fix the tax code??

[RoadToad]

Today, most pay nothing and get a nice fat check called earned income..

Oh really? And where are you getting THAT statistic from?

[GeoFisher]

Oh really? And where are you getting THAT statistic from?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_Income_Tax_Credit

Hard to read, but in 2004 21 million families got it.........I suspect that is higher now but not too sure.

[Hlleonard]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_Income_Tax_Credit

Hard to read, but in 2004 21 million families got it.........I suspect that is higher now but not too sure.

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I seldom find any points to agree with Mr. Fisher on and I haven't read the link he posted but I see folks every year at tax time who receive the earned income credit find things they need such as (a tattoo they just can't do without, a new gun of some kind they just had to have, and a whole laundry list of these kinds of things they find to spend the money on), it would seem to me that if that is what most of these monies go for and a lot of it seems to be spent frivolously, then why are we giving it to them if they don't actually need it ...This does seem to be wasting tax money.