The Pros and Cons of Negative Income Tax

"I think there are a lot of ways that the government kicks poor people in the teeth," he says. "If they stop that, and we still have people who aren't able to afford as much health care and food and housing ... then a negative income tax is the way to get them to where we want them." If you make an extra dollar in our income, you can end up losing on total points, which is why economists like it so much.