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Rich Jones, Director of Policy and Research
The Bell Policy Center
March 28, 2011

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. I am Rich Jones, the director of policy and research with the Bell Policy Center. The Bell is a non-partisan, non-profit research and advocacy organization dedicated to making Colorado a state of opportunity for all. We have been working for more than four years to reform payday lending in Colorado to ensure that payday loans are a source of credit for low-income borrowers and not a debt trap.

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary in support of a legislative proposal to expand the earned income tax credit (EITC), a refundable tax credit that helps low-income families