Word: burtless
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There have been numerous proposals to supplement the wages of poor working parents with combinations of refundable tax credits, medical benefits, housing allowances and food stamps -- what Gary Burtless of the Washington-based Brookings Institution calls "aid to breadwinners with dependent children." Some of this is being done already. New Jersey's reform, for example, would allow working AFDC parents to earn up to 50% of their grant levels without losing benefits. In 1975 Congress enacted the Earned Income Tax Credit (EIC), which currently offers cash supplements of up to $1,192 to working parents with incomes under...