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    The Earned Income Tax Credit

    Taxes are the fuel that keeps our government running, but the tax code is also a system of rewards and […]

    March 19, 2010

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    Taxes are the fuel that keeps our government running, but the tax code is also a system of rewards and incentives – a way of trying to encourage behaviors that Congress wants the rest of us to adopt. For Americans at the bottom of the economic ladder, one of the primary incentives is something called the Earned Income Tax Credit.

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