Monthly Jounalism Award
The Washington Monthly Journalism Award for March 1993 is presented to Steven Mufson and Guy Gugliotta The Washington Post The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) isn't the sexiest of...
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...Clinton would raise the eligibility ceiling for families of four from $23,050 to $30,000, expanding the EITC net, and eliminate the bureaucratic confusion that keeps some eligible people in the dark...
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...A $17 billion program that President Clinton wants to expand to $25 billion, the EITC is targeted to help the people who need it most: the working poor with children...
...With smart reform, the EITC is one existing device that can help the president make good on his promise to lift up those living at the margin...
...These facts add up to a disturbing conclusion: People living on the economic edge are forced into going without money they're entitled to until the end of the tax year—and sometimes they go without it completely...
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...The Washington Monthly Journalism Award for March 1993 is presented to Steven Mufson and Guy Gugliotta The Washington Post The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) isn't the sexiest of subjects, but in two stories—one in March, another in April—the Post went beyond run-of-the-mill reporting to illustrate what's right and what's wrong with the EITC...
...Mufson, reporting from Washington, and Gugliotta, reporting from Memphis, found that because of complicated forms, families typically get their money in a lump sum instead of payments throughout the year...
...And 25 percent of those eligible don't claim the credit at all...
Vol. 25 • June 1993 • No. 6
