Federal Income Tax Code Joins War on Poverty


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With the ratification of the earned income tax credit (EITC), the federal income tax code joined the "War on Poverty" in 1975.

Now, tax credits shape some of the largest and most successful anti-poverty programs in the US. The tax credits slash child poverty by a massive 6.7 percentage points.


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Programs that conduct research in the area of social science that involves the systematic study of the origins, causes, demographics and costs of poverty and the efficacy of proposed or implemented poverty alleviation measures.

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