> There's a big political and economic difference between universal
> programs - social security, public health insurance - and targeted
> ones like the EITC.
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> The point of the EITC is to
> leave our lopsided wage structure intact (and to make welfare reform
> more palatable).
How is the EITC any more targeted than your average welfare program?
And whether you like soaring Marxist rhetoric or not, hasn't the primary purpose of welfare always been to maintain a surplus army of labor?