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I am the Michigan Earned Income Tax Credit Michigan is defined by the strong work ethic of its residents. Tiffany Blackman is a shining example. “I started working at 13,” Tiffany said. “I felt the need to.” She works full time at her local food bank. She runs an anti-poverty program for women in her community. She goes to community college. She teaches dance to children two times a week and volunteers out of her local volunteer center. She has three young children – ages 8, 6 and 3. Her husband is going to school to become a probation officer, and watches their children while he studies. But in today's tight economy, where good paying jobs are hard to find, Tiffany and her family struggle financially. The Michigan Earned Income Tax Credit helps the Blackmans keep their old car repaired and buy clothes for their kids – purchases they make locally, helping Battle Creek businesses. “For our children, we want them to see us as hard workers, as people who have climbed out of poverty,” said Tiffany, who grew up in an impover- ished family. “For me, the EITC is just a way that we can have a little bit of extra money to ensure that we’re not deeper in the hole in poverty. It helps us sustain ourselves while we’re climbing out of poverty." Tiffany Blackman Food bank worker See Tiffany tell her story at SaveOurEITC.com Battle Creek
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I am the Michigan Earned Income Tax Credit
Michigan is defined by the strong work ethic of its residents. Tiffany Blackman is a shining example.
“I started working at 13,” Tiffany said. “I felt the need to.”
She works full time at her local food bank. She runs an anti-poverty program for women in her community. She goes to community college. She teaches dance to children two times a week and volunteers out of her local volunteer center. She has three young children – ages 8, 6 and 3. Her husband is going to school to become a probation officer, and watches their children while he studies.
But in today's tight economy, where good paying jobs are hard to find, Tiffany and her family struggle financially. The Michigan Earned Income Tax Credit helps the Blackmans keep their old car repaired and buy clothes for their kids – purchases they make locally, helping Battle Creek businesses.
“For our children, we want them to see us as hard workers, as people who have climbed out of poverty,” said Tiffany, who grew up in an impover-ished family. “For me, the EITC is just a way that we can have a little bit of extra money to ensure that we’re not deeper in the hole in poverty. It helps us sustain ourselves while we’re climbing out of poverty."
Tiffany BlackmanFood bank worker
See Tiffany tell her story at SaveOurEITC.com
Battle Creek
Save Michigan’s Earned Income Tax Credit
“The EITC increases work effort, brings federal tax credit dollars to the state and results in increased retail and other expenditures at private businesses throughout Michigan.”
– Anderson Economic Group, Michigan’s most quoted conservative econometric firm
Why we need to save the EITC:
For more information, visit SaveOurEITC.com
– Without the Michigan EITC, 14,000 children in working families will be plunged into poverty; children in nearly 800,000 families will be hurt. Of the 10 states with the highest child poverty rate, eight have no state EITC.
– 76 percent of Michigan voters say they are opposed to ending the Michigan EITC and raising taxes on low income working families while cutting taxes on businesses.
– Families use their Michigan EITC credit – which averages about $400 – for home repairs, auto repairs, children's needs, heating and lighting bills, and other local purchases.
