The State of the State for Washington Latinos

You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn’t think our nation needs some serious economic work.  The recent $8 billion dollar stimulus package is an attempt to inject federal dollars into the veins of society.  In general, the resonse to the stimulus package has been positive.  The average American stands to gain, especially if the average American happens to be a first time home owner or car buyer.

Part of the stimuls package includes expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit to offset the economic burden for those suffering the most from this crisis: the low income-earning families.

This is great.  Our state should follow this tactic.  By instating a state wide EITC and making the federal EITC more accessible to Washington’s workers, we have a chance to pull out of the economic crisis.