There are other issues surrounding the use of the earned-income tax credit.

"The earned-income tax credit is more of a national issue," she said.

It would also end the earned-income tax credit for low-income workers who have no children, he said.

It also calls for spending $125 million to expand the earned-income tax credit, a break to the working poor.

"These people didn't invest the money they got in the earned-income tax credit," she said.

Over all, it would have been cheaper to raise the earned-income tax credit.

The earned-income tax credit, which benefits the working poor, would be drastically cut.

The president also returned to one of his favorite programs, the earned-income tax credit, which offers assistance to poor working families.

Most low-income people would continue working for private employers, as they now do under the earned-income tax credit.

Throw in the $2,700 he gets through the earned-income tax credit, and his total income rises to $18,200.