Excellent NYTimes piece on "New Resentment of the Poor"
Y'know... these poor people who receive the "Earned Income Tax Credit" aren't the mythological "lazy, poor-by-choice" unicorns that Republicans imagine them to be. They're WORKING POOR. To get the tax credit, you have to be working.
So, maybe instead of being enraged that these poor souls "don't pay any income tax", maybe the Republicans should be enraged that all of the "job creators" whose loopholes and tax cuts they'll risk the entire world economy to protect, AREN'T PAYING THESE WORKING POOR A LIVING WAGE!!!!
What's equally enraging is the number of people who aren't wealthy who go to bat for these assholes. It's just amazing how easily these Republicans can convince poor people to hate other poor people.
