Summers: US tax system is burdening working class
Summers: US tax system is burdening working class
- October 3, 2014
- David Neumark, economics Chancellor's Professor, is quoted by Newsmax Finance Oct. 3, 2014
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From Newsmax Finance
David Neumark, an economist at University of California, Irvine, advocates increasing
the earned income tax credit as a substitute for raising the minimum wage. "Minimum
wages are ineffective at helping poor families because such a small share of the benefits
flow to them," he writes in The Wall Street Journal.
For the full story, please visit http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Summers-corporate-tax-burden/2014/10/02/i....
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