‘Stand Up For CT’ Agenda Launched
Union and community leaders and elected officials joined with Connecticut for All at a capitol press conference to launch the “Stand Up CT” agenda as the Legislative Session begins. Action is urgent, they said, to help fill the critical funding gaps brought on by cuts in H.R. 1 President Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’, and to protect the freedoms of multi-racial working class and immigrant residents.
The agenda would require the small number of ultra wealthy residents and corporations, who have received more than $1 trillion in tax breaks through H.R. 1, to pay a comparable share of their income in taxes as that paid by the vast majority of Connecticut families.
The “Stand Up CT” agenda would re-balance the state’s upside-down tax system, protect against Trump cuts and policies, and allow the legislature to mitigate harms to the publicly-funded safety net, providing stability for working families. The package of bills will raise hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
Connecticut for All was joined by impacted speakers from SEIU 4Cs, CT Tenants Union, CT Students for a Dream, SEIU 1199, AFT Connecticut, She Leads Justice, Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance, a small business owner, State Rep Jason Doucette from the Tax Equity Caucus of 52 legislators, and State Senator Gary Winfield chair of the Judiciary Committee,.
“The choice really is simple. We can either meet the needs of working Connecticut families, or we can continue to leave money on the table by refusing to fix the fiscal controls and make the ultra-wealthy and corporations pay their fair share.,” said Connecticut For All Director Norma Martinez HoSang.
“Passing the Stand Up CT legislative agenda means finally prioritizing the hardworking people of Connecticut who keep this state running – the health care workers who kept us safe throughout the pandemic, the teachers who pay for school supplies out of their own pockets, the bus drivers who take us where we need to go, the youth who need a chance for a better future they can afford – over a handful of wealthy and well-connected families.”
