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Cicada

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3. That would force employers to raise wages, so unlikely.

Reply to KWR65 (Original post)

Fri Nov 3, 2017, 05:49 AM

Nov 2017

The EIC is a subsidy for low wage employers. Without it employers would have to pay more to keep their employees from being homeless and careless. So Repubs will keep it.

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Does the new Republican Tax Plan eliminate the Earned Income Tax Credit for low income? [View all] KWR65 Nov 2017 OP

Hope not. Demtexan Nov 2017 #1

No.... ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2017 #2

That would force employers to raise wages, so unlikely. Cicada Nov 2017 #3