Should poverty fight focus on men?

In an Op-Ed last week in the Baltimore Sun, Katie McMinn Campbell and Will Marshall tackle the issue of poverty, and in contrast to the 1990's ideas blaming poverty on single moms, say that now we need to focus on men, saying fewer poor men are working today compared to the 1990's.

The solution Campbell and Marshall propose is not a higher minimum wage (we already enacted that), but an expasion of the Earned Income Tax Credit, which provides a significant refund to working people whose incomes are below are certain level. However, the EITC, as it is known, mostly benefits custodial parents. Those without children are not allowed to earn nearly as much, and the credit is worth about 11 times as much if you have children as if you don't. They say we need a big increase in the EITC for non-custodial parents who pay their child support. This would reward work and put money into the pockets of responsible fathers who do not have custody of their children, but who pay their child support.