Connecticut Committee Considers ‘Pink Tax’
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State Rep. Derek Slap speaks in favor of SB15 and HB5386 on International Women's Day in 2018. Photo credit: Ronni Newton (we-ha.com file photo)
State Sen. Derek Slap of West Hartford, testified in support of the measure at a public hearing Tuesday.
By Katie Cerulle, CTNewsJunkie.com
State legislators are pushing for a bill that bans businesses from pricing items or services differently based on gender. It’s often called the “pink tax.”
A 2010 Consumer Reports study on the pricing practice found that women often paid more for the same products. The same trend correlates to services. In a CBS News report in 2016, male and female reporters visited dry cleaners to have the same items cleaned, and they saw that the women were charged at least twice as much as what the men were charged in half of those businesses. Similarly, the National Bureau of Economic Research found that car repairs and mechanics routinely charged women more than men.
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Great use of time Slap
Of all the problems Connecticut faces, THIS is what the legislature spends time on? If you don’t like the pink one, buy the blue one. We have too many laws already.