We are all so confused by EIC fraud, as a recent discussion here shows.  But if you don’t like EIC, maybe there is hope. From Paul Krugman’s column this morning:

"Democrats are reportedly working on legislation that would offer monthly payments to most American families with children, and could, among other things, cut child poverty roughly in half.

"One especially good thing about the legislation in the works is that Democrats finally seem to have broken free of Republican framing, under which every benefit takes the form of a tax credit. This will apparently be a straightforward proposal to send money to qualifying families."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/opinion/democrats-aid-children.html?action=click&module=Opinion&p...