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Well, it depends on how you define middle class. Middle class by definition are college-educated white-collar professionals, the majority of whom, if employed, would not qualify for EIC.
It's the equivalent of being mistreated by a cashier for using coupons properly. If it benefits the industry to change (regarding coupons), it will change. Until such time a change occurs, there is nothing wrong with using coupons.
By extension if it at some time benefits the govt to change, they will. Our government operates on consumer spending. If there is no money, there is no spending. Some group of politicians at some point decided letting the masses eat cake via EIC was an economic stimulus and here we are. Even if one were low-income and preferred not to take EIC, the tax code makes it almost impossible to do so (if left, off, it is automatically applied). Don't hate the player, hate the game.
It's the equivalent of being mistreated by a cashier for using coupons properly. If it benefits the industry to change (regarding coupons), it will change. Until such time a change occurs, there is nothing wrong with using coupons.
By extension if it at some time benefits the govt to change, they will. Our government operates on consumer spending. If there is no money, there is no spending. Some group of politicians at some point decided letting the masses eat cake via EIC was an economic stimulus and here we are. Even if one were low-income and preferred not to take EIC, the tax code makes it almost impossible to do so (if left, off, it is automatically applied). Don't hate the player, hate the game.