Edwin S. Rubenstein
President, ESR Research
Before joining ESR Research, an economic consulting firm, Edwin S. Rubenstein was Director of Research at the Hudson Institute, a public policy think tank in Indianapolis. He was also a contributing editor at Forbes Magazine and economics editor at National Review. The following is from "The Earned Income Tax Credit and Illegal Immigration — A Study in Fraud, Abuse, and Liberal Activism," Social Contract Journal, Volume 19, Number 3 (Spring 2009). See http://www.thesocialcontract.com/artman2/publish/tsc_19_3/tsc_19_3_rubenstein_intro.shtml. Since the Earned Income Tax Credit became part of the income tax code in 1975, it has quietly become the largest cash transfer program in the United…
