eitc is embedded in what is already our tax system in new jersey. the bigger problem is we have to figure out a way to reverse what this president has done over the last seven years which is to make people more comfortable on dependents. senator scott: let's stay on the topic of taxes. you talked about repatriation. you out on top of that that corporate inversions have been happening. one way to impact that is lowered the tax rate. you came up with a tax plan to do that. mr. carson: why does congress have the ability to tax? the back to history, and we see the reason was to be able to run the government. it was not to affect people's behavior. and do the multitude of things that have resulted in a 75-80,000 page tax code. we need to get back to the basics. i want a completely flat tax. everybody pays exactly the same rate. i base that on the bible. i think god is a pretty fair guy. if you have a -- you only triple time. he did not say, if your crops fail, you do not me anything. so, everybody needs to have skin in the game, and we are compassionate.

the eitc helps reduce that problem. governor christie: that's right. that is why doubling it made so much sense. remember, our state is a very high cost state. everything is a bit more in other than it is parts in the country. this gap grows even wider in a state like mine. one of the things that we did not talk about that is a barrier that we have to address and the federal government is doing the wrong way -- dealing with drug addiction. drug addiction is the huge part of the debilitating cycle. when folks lose hope, a lot of them turn, out of desperation, to drugs. then we have a situation where incarceration goes higher because of the policies of the federal government. that is why, in new jersey, one of the things we did, we said, if you are a first time nonviolent drug offender, you do not go to prison anymore. you go to mandatory inpatient drug treatment. this is the disease. if we continue to treat it where you are not a violent prison and making a profit off of it, you are an addict. if we put them in jail, and don't give them treatment, and r

and so i'm not saying that every one of these programs whether it's eitc or others are perfect, eitc doesn't create any more bureaucracy. it's embedded in our tax code and our tax system in new jersey. the bigger problem is we've got to figure out a way to reverse what this president has done over the last seven years which is to make people more comfortable with dependence. >> that's right. >> we need to let them have the reason to get off of that dependence and not have to give up their home and put their children on the street in return for that. >> so the poverty -- go ahead. >> ben, let's stay on the topic of taxes for a little while. you talked about repatriation the ability to bring home $2 trillion and creates millions of jobs on the shore and you talk about repatriation and you add on top of that corporate inversions have been happening at the fastest pace we've seen in recent history. one of the ways we can impact that corporate inversion from my perspective is not trying to penalize the companies trying to leave but lower the tax rate. >> correct. >> you came out recently

i'm not saying that every one of these programs, the eitc, or others are perfect. it doesn't create any more bureaucracy. eitc is embedded in what is already in our tax code and our tax system in new jersey. the bigger problem is we've got to figure out a way to reverse what this president has done over the last seven years which is to make people more comfort with dependence. we need to let them have the reason to get off of that dependence and not give up their home and put their children on the seet in return for that. speaker ryan: so the poverty -- [applause] senator scott: let's stay on taxes for a little while. you talked about repeteryation. bringing home $2 trillion. the thing about repeteryation, you add on top of that corporate inversions have been happening at the fastest pace we've seen in recent history. one of the ways that we can impact that corporate inversion from our perspective is not try to penalize those companies that are trying to leave but to lower the tax rate. you came out with a plan to do that. why don't you talk about that plan. ben: w

the eitc provides an incentive to work. it puts thousands of dollars -- thousands of dollars back into the pockets of low-wage and moderate-wage workers every year. president reagan called it the best antipoverty measure to come out of congress. the work that senator reed and others and i did on the earned-income tax credit this year to permanently expand it, that work was called by some organizations the most important antipoverty initiative except for the affordable care act in the last 20 years that congress did. last year, 27 million american households, 950,000 households just in my state alone, in ohio, claimed the eitc and received an average refund of $2,400. so that -- for somebody making $15,000 or $20,000, or $30 a year, when they file their -- or $30,000 a year, when they file their taxes in march, they can get a check from the federal government -- on the average, i am not promising anybody specific amount amounts -- on te average they will get a check for $2,400. one of the best things this body did last year

eitc is embedded in what is our tax system in new jersey. the bigger problem is we have to figure out a way to reverse what this president has done over the last seven years which is to one people more comfortable dependents. stayor scott: let's on the topic of taxes. you talked about retained repatriation. you out on top of that that corporate inversions have been happening. impact that is lowered the tax rate. you came up with the ta a tax pn to do that. mr. president why does congress does- mr. carson: why congress have the ability to tax? it was to run the government. it was not to affect people's .ehavior we need to get back to the basics. i want a completely flat tax. everybody pays exactly the same rate. i base that on the bible. toi ended up seceding homelessness. >> when i was done, i was looking at 17 years in prison. >> step 13 is a program guided by sobriety, work, and accountability. when they work in the door, they are introduced into a program that we call it. -- call a peer community. it is a program that allows men to recove

it's called the earned income tax credit program or eitc and here to tell us about it is abc financial futures initiative program manager, angelina comacho. angelina. >> i love that name. that is my daughter's name. >> yes. >> because it's your name as well. by, angioline a. >> okay. >> and you have great news. you were here last year. tell us about the great gram. this is a great tight fun -- opportunity for everyone. >> yeah. >> and that is one of the mysteries of the city and that is the best-kept secret we're trying to make sure it doesn't stay in anymore. we have been doing taxes for over 25 years and have been a part of the volunteer income tax credit, the past 15 years or so and that is 2001. we have been a part of the best in tax health coalition. the volunteer income tax assistance program and more and more people are learning about us and that we want to make sure the word is out there that we're doing taxes for free. >> and i gave us great news. the best news, obviously, every year, i guess, it increases the amount of money that can be received. >> yes. >> and talk to bus th

the eitc helps reduce that problem. governor christie: that's right. that is why doubling it made so much sense. remember, our state is a very high cost state. everything is a bit more pe

eitc is embedded in what is already our tax system in new jersey. the bigger problem is we have to figure out a way to reverse what this president has done over the last seven years which is to make people more comfortable on dependents. senator scott: let's stay on the topic of taxes. you talked about repatriation. you out on top of that that corporate inversions have been happening. one way to impact that is lowered the tax rate. you came up with a tax plan to do that. mr. carson: why does congress have the ability to tax? the back to history, and we see the reason was to be able to run the government. it was not to affect people's behavior. and do the multitude of things that have resulted in a 75-80,000 page tax code. we need to get back to the basics. i want a completely flat tax. everybody pays exactly the same rate. i base that on the bible. i think god is a pretty fair guy. if you have a -- you only triple time. he did not say, if your crops fail, you do not me anything. so, everybody needs to have skin in the game, and we are compassionate.