ALL I KNOW IS, THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO CLAMP DOWN ON FRAUDULENT TAX RETURNS BEING FILED TO CLAIM THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT

Some genius writing in a major newspaper thinks that congressional efforts to cut down on the abuse of the earned income tax credit (EITC) will harm poor recipients and reduce tax collections.  I’m not going to dignify it with a direct link, but I will link to the blog post about it that I saw.  
Something has to be done to cut down on the rampant filing of fraudulent tax returns using stolen identities in order to claim the EITC.  If you have a better idea than what has been proposed so far, let’s hear it.