A child advocacy group wants up $1.4 billion in annual tax burdens shifted from low and middle earners to the rich.
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CT Voices proposes major state tax shift to reverse inequality
A leading child advocacy group challenged state leaders Wednesday to reverse escalating income and wealth inequality and provide tax relief for poor and middle-income households by shifting tax burdens onto the state’s millionaires.
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Tax breaks for seniors could widen gap between CT’s rich and poor
In their push to make Connecticut a more attractive place to retire, have policymakers inadvertently worsened the inequality gap in a state already known for its extremes of income and wealth?
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Already deep in debt, Connecticut struggles with extremes of wealth and income
The growing gap between Connecticut’s richest and poorest citizens, which already outstrips that in most other states, has widened dramatically since the last recession. First in a series.