Welfare Reform - Signed into law the Work First New Jersey program, a welfare reform plan to restore dignity to recipients by encouraging them to find employment. This program limits lifetime welfare benefits to five years, enforces tough work
requirements, cracks down on fraud and deadbeat parents, and requires teen mothers to live under adult supervision. The plan also provides recipients with the programs, such as child care and job training, they need to move from welfare to work.
Source: NJ Governor’s web site, “By the Numbers”
Dec 25, 2000
Help working poor with earned income tax credit
For those moving from welfare to work, taxes undermine welfare reform. But exempting the working poor from the state income tax doesn’t exempt them from all taxes, especially the federal government’s payroll taxes.
That is why I am proposing the creation of a New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit. This credit, when fully phased in, will pay $823 to every working family earning the minimum wage.
Source: Speech on FY2001 Budget to NJ Legislature
Jan 24, 2000
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