Sorry I just don’t see the Earned Income Credit canceling out all the Social Security taxes and sales taxes and gas taxes and property taxes and phone taxes and cable taxes (franchise fees) and school taxes that 95% of all Americans are hit with. You may be right, but I would have to see the proof to agree with you.
Federal INCOME Taxes - people earning $ 10,000 do NOT pay them. They may be withheld from your paycheck, but IF you had filed a return, they would have been returned to you and you might even have been eligible to receive the Earned Income Tax Credit, which means the gov’t would have mailed you a check in addition to ALL the INCOME taxes withheld (paid for courtesy of someone who did pay INCOME taxes.)