Well, if there's any especially ridiculous rhetoric, point it out. It's not intended to be in an academic style, but it's not supposed to be a Fox News editorial either.

Hey, at least I mentioned one problem with the Card and Krueger work. Seriously, though, giving a fair treatment of the scholarship would end up being so long that it would dominate the essay, turning it from something about the minimum wage into something about Card and Krueger.

And as far as the EITC goes, it's been expanded several times, usually with bipartisan support. I was shocked at how big it has gotten.