Doug Winterburn wrote:

If the above numbers are take home amounts, the federal income tax on
$10K would be $127 for single and $[4010] for married with 2 kids. In
other words, the married with 2 kids gets back $4010 more than what
he paid in because of the EIC.

Have you tried living with 2 kids on $14K? these people are not Exactly
taking European vacations...

Anyway, 4-person American families taking home $10K a year is hardly
exemplary of anything except extreme poverty.

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gabriel