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CapitolLink: Rep. Blackburn Targets Tax Credit

The debate about how to cover the costs of rebuilding the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina prompted Rep. Marsha Blackburn to share her thoughts at RedState. Her post sought to draw attention to "Operation Offset," a Republican effort to fund post-hurricane reconstruction by cutting the money spent on other programs.

Blackburn, R-Tenn., used her foray into the blogosphere to highlight her call for changes to the earned-income tax credit, which aims to ease the tax burden on low-income Americans. The Internal Revenue Service contends that many taxpayers who claim the credit do not qualify, and Operation Offset assumes that a change to eliminate such claims could save $85 billion over 10 years.

Blackburn's blog entry mostly reiterated the information already available in the Operation Offset report. At least one reader was not impressed with her contribution: "I was surprised by the representative's lack of 'beef' in her posting."

UPDATE: Blackburn followed up with another post yesterday to tell RedState readers about her new call for across-the-board spending cuts of anywhere from 1 percent to 5 percent. She also responded to readers bothered by her proposal on the earned-income tax credit.

"Thanks for being here," RedState founder Mike Krempasky wrote in the comments section of her post. "You're far ahead of your Republican colleagues in your willingness to engage. Kudos to you."

Hat tip to The Hotline's Blogometer.

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