thought otherwise thought otherwise History of the Earned Income Tax Credit Earned Income Tax Credit said the tax credits have better incentives for work effort referred to the program $67 billion Enacted Earned Income Tax Credit study President Ford authorized the tax credits have better incentives for work effort The Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit far fewer people far fewer people aqui earned income tax credit earned income tax credit earned income tax credit were enacted earned income tax credit Earned Income Tax Credit The Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit President Reagan called EITCs deemed it earned income tax credit the tax credits have better incentives for work effort earned income tax credit encourages work President Ronald Reagan famously described earned income tax credit