As a twenty-something with a mountain of graduate school debt, your coverage of soaring higher education debt and limited job prospects caught my eye ("Big promises, dashed hopes at for-profit schools," Sept. 20).
It's a shame that pursuing education can push many young people into poverty. Unfortunately, our tax code exacerbates the problem by placing an undue burden on single workers.
However, by expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) program to include workers age 21 to 25, we can give young workers a better chance of getting through the early stages of their careers.
In 2014, In the EITC lifted 6.7 million people out of poverty nationwide. Conveniently, this pro-work, pro-family tax program has historically enjoyed bipartisan support. This seems like a pretty easy way to lighten the burden on young workers in Baltimore.
Jami-Lin Williams, Baltimore