One that I also feel is sideways is "Earned Income Credit" ... I used to do the taxes for friends, and family. One of my Nieces would get back thousands more than she paid in. She was a pretty poor single mother of two. I can understand someone being so poor they pay zero federal taxes, but she would get $2,000 or even $3,000+ more back than she paid in. On top of getting other government assistance. There are probably millions of people getting more money back than they paid into the tax system. In some cases, it does pay to be poor.

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