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Opinion: The Rich Should Pay Their Fair Tax Share
Harvested a Steady Bonus through the Income Tax
In this Letter to the Hartford Courant Editor, Greater New Haven Labor History Association Communications Director Anson C. Smith, who's handled publicity and taught History and Journalism at Housatonic Community College, recalls how Gov. Lowell P. Weicker and the legislature and Weicker Administration gave Nutmeg State high rollers a healthy bonus with the state income tax. It was a Gold Rush for the Gold Coast that continues today. In addressing the state's budgetary woes, Smith says, legislators and Gov. Ned Lamont should remember who has benefitted from the income tax and who has borne the greatest financial burden.