Cash-strapped Connecticut dives into annual tax-free week

Without a budget and with the specter of an increase in its 6.35 percent sales tax looming, Connecticut is proceeding with its 17th annual “tax-free week” starting Sunday, offering back-to-school shoppers a break on items of clothing and footwear costing less than $100.

You might think the seven-day suspension of a revenue-producer for the state is a bad idea. Some would say the optics, at least, don’t look good.

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