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Refundable Tax Credit /'rê-fund-å-bul · 'taks · 'kre-dit/
A method of distributing assistance to low-income residents that gives money back to workers in excess of the total amount of income tax they pay. The federal Earned Income Tax Credit is the largest refundable tax credit.

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Press Releases / Op-Eds

9/28/07 Maryland's New Living Wage Will Result in Job Loss
MD's new living wage will likely result in job loss for those it purports to help.
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5/29/07 The Deathly Living Wage
The living wage recently re-emerged on the national stage when Maryland became the first state in the nation to pass wage-level requirements on all state contractors. And before you could say "slippery slope," living-wage advocates nationwide were calling on their local lawmakers to act likewise.
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Studies

9/05, Santa Fe’s Living Wage and the Labor Market
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9/05, The Real ACORN: Anti-Employee, Anti-Union, Big-Business
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5/05, Effective Tax Rates and the Living Wage
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