CGA Human Services Committee
February 27, 2007 Public Hearing
Support for:
SB146 - An Act Creating An Earned Income Credit Against The Personal Income
Tax and
HB 6649 - An Act Concerning A State Earned Income Tax Credit
Comments by Cheryl Dunson, Public Issues Vice President
The League of Women
Voters of Connecticut strongly supports the establishment of a state earned
income tax credit to give more than 168,000 low-income Connecticut working
families a break.
The federal poverty
level for a family of 3 is $15,170. Connecticut's minimum wage is $7.10 per
hour, yielding less than $12,000 yearly for a full-time worker. With the rising
costs of fuel and utilities, compounded by restricted federal funding for child
care and health care, Connecticut must do better for its working poor
residents. It is time to for Connecticut to join our neighboring states in
support of a tax credit for taxpayers who are the state's lowest paid workers.
Please vote yes in
support of SB146 and HB 6649.
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