Tom Coburn: “There are 4 million people today who are receiving Federal income money who earn no money. It is called the earned…”

“There are 4 million people today who are receiving Federal income money who earn no money. It is called the earned income tax credit. It is 36 percent of the claims for that are fraud. It is the most abused system that we have. It is not about leaving those people out. It is about creating an opportunity for them to join the rest of America through a tax reduction that is for middle class America. They are already granted earned income tax credits. What we are saying is, if they work and pay taxes, they ought to get a tax cut. If they do not work and we are already giving them a payment, maybe we should not give them more so we can encourage them to work.”