Will Poor, Working Families Be Roadkill?: The Jobs and Transportation Act’s Regressive Tax and Fee Increases Will Set Back Low-Income Working Families With Children Unless the Legislature Enacts a Modest EITC Expansion

Oregon Center for Public Policy, June 2011.

An issue brief on the Jobs and Transportation Act of 2009 argues that the regressive nature of the increases on the gas tax and vehicle fees will hurt Oregon’s low-income families if there is no accompanying legislation to increase the EITC.

http://www.ocpp.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?page=IS20090610EICGas