so research that my boss doug holstein and alice greenel did on the subject basically laid out marginal tax rates for certain individuals will go up anywhere from 5 percentage points to 10 percentage points, based on the faphase-out of subsidies to the exchange associated with the affordable care act. >> even on the lower end. >> even on the lower end. >> so this impacts low-income individuals at the lower marginal rates. they're not just in this area of the tax code. >> that's right. thank you. i yield back. >> the chair now recognizes mr. doggette for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. do each of our witnesses agree that it is important to maintain in its current form the earned income tax credit? >> yes. the positive part, yes. i would like -- if possible, to eliminate the phaseout or blend that into the tax code. >> and i would actually expand it to try to figure out ways to include single people, and by the way, i would do it as a substitute for the type of social security tax break that i believe is both on keepsian and supply side grounds, a weaker incentive for recovery t