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Re:Rejecting industry dogma, Costco backs calls to lift mini... by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @06:25PM (#5334770)
Two reasons, from two different political ideologies.

Right: because it's giving money to moochers. Period. Makers and takers, man. (This is what the Republican Party actually ran their campaign on this past November.)

Left: because it's an effective subsidy for sub-living-wage employers.

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Re:Rejecting industry dogma, Costco backs calls to lift mini... by jcampbell1 on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @07:23PM (#5335037)
Nice political talking points, but the EITC has been expanded consistently by both parties. See the growth of EITC benefits:

http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/key-elements/fa...

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Re:Rejecting industry dogma, Costco backs calls to lift mini... by altcognito on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @07:49PM (#5335177)
http://atr.org/eitc-changes-bad-deal-a7071

Just FYI EITC was reduced this year.

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Re:Rejecting industry dogma, Costco backs calls to lift mini... by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @07:24PM (#5335052)
"Both parties"? The Democratic Party is not the Left. They're the center to center-right corporatists. There is no Left in the United States at the governmental level.
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Re:Rejecting industry dogma, Costco backs calls to lift mini... by jcampbell1 on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @09:19PM (#5335573)
I was just offering that while the EITC can be rejected by both politcal dogmas, both parties have embraced the concept. e.g.

Left: EITC provides relief for the poor.

Right: EITC is workfare, not welfare.

Since both parties have expanded the program over the last 30 years, my version aligns with the facts better.

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Re:Rejecting industry dogma, Costco backs calls to lift mini... by shrikant on Thursday March 07, 2013 @06:12AM (#5337094)
Makers and takers?

Sounds oddly close to the "strivers vs scroungers" debate the Conservative and UKIP parties in the UK are trying to drum up.

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Re:Rejecting industry dogma, Costco backs calls to lift mini... by eli_gottlieb on Thursday March 07, 2013 @08:09AM (#5337376)
Honestly, do the Tories even bother pretending they're not copying the Americans anymore?
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