Balance Our Tax Code

Children in Poverty is a Policy Choice 2021 expansion of tax credits like the CTC and EITC dramatically reduced poverty. Now we are back to unacceptable levels of children’s hardship.

Why are children still struggling for the basics in one of the wealthiest countries in the world?

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Corporate interests shouldn’t take precedence over everyday people in WA’s budget • Washington State Standard COMMENTARY | Washington's tax code can only be described as upside-down and rigged to benefit those with the most.

"Everyone should pitch in, including the wealthiest people & corporations, so all of us can have thriving communities." Read on how corp. special interests got the final say in the budget (Ft. B&PC's Exec. Dir. Goss, @balanceourtaxcode.bsky.social, @eoionline.bsky.social & @investwanow.bsky.social)

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If you’re a Washington tech worker that believes in more equitable revenue systems for the state services that we all enjoy, then please share your story with us or reach out to get more directly involved in shaping our state’s future. Contact information can be found at tech4taxes.cntrl.site

OP-ED: The billionaires want you to give up. Don’t. Fair Share America's Kristen Crowell write, "Everywhere we go, people are standing up and coming together. We’ve seen people from across the political spectrum come together to demand Congress to vote...

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Every red line that Ferguson draws through the budget would mean even deeper cuts for education, social services etc. If you live in WA, tell our gov. that we can't afford it!

New Data Shows Wealth Expands After Higher State Taxes on High-Income Earners - Institute for Policy Studies New Data Shows Wealth Expands After Higher State Taxes on High-Income Earners

Shocking news - if you are raking in millions on the stock market, chipping in a bit for childcare and preschools has zero effect on your quality of life.

Union workers protesting outside Gov Bob Ferguson’s house demanding he tax wealth not workers

Call Bob Ferguson at 360-902-4111

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Tell your lawmakers NOT to cave to big biz & the ultra-wealthy! Hello, I'm (NAME) from (CITY). I urge you to pass a budget that prioritizes progressive revenue to fund communities, instead of cutting our services. Thank you. Call 833-414-1382 & leave a message.

Email your reps. Tell them to stand strong for working families: Only takes 10 sec if you visit: bit.ly/BOTCnocuts

In a few days, lawmakers have to finalize our budget in WA state. Will they furlough workers, cut teacher pay, and delay childcare programs? Or will they finally make the wealthy few pay what they owe?

Your rep needs to hear from you: bit.ly/BOTCnocuts

Today! Join us to advocate for an economy that works for all, not just the wealthy few:

bit.ly/virtualrevrally

Wanna guess how many states have a more unjust tax code than us? 🫣

What will your reps choose - the lives of working people, or some numbers on a hedge manager's spreadsheet?

Let them know what we want: balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action/

virtual rally for progressive revenue. zoom - rsvp at bit.ly/VirtualRevRally. Monday, April 21 at 6pm

This Monday - funding for teachers, food banks, and our healthcare is on the line.

Our WA reps need to hear from us!

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ACT NOW! Fund WA schools, healthcare, and services. Make wealthy corporations pay what they owe. BalanceOurTaxCode.com

Business bros are trying to bully Washington lawmakers into slashing budgets for teachers and food banks instead of making the wealthy pay what they owe.

This #TaxDay, we need you to remind our reps that we deserve better!

Take action: bit.ly/notobigbiz

Business executives, take note: Most Washington voters want to balance the state budget with new progressive revenue, not cuts - NPI's Cascadia Advocate Asked whose arguments about the state's finances they find more persuasive, 57% said public interest organizations' pro-revenue arguments were, while only 34% said business groups' anti-tax arguments ...

Don't forget that Washington voters just upheld the capital gains tax on wealthy Wall Street profiteers to keep funding for childcare and early learning! It's a no-brainer for most of us.

Tax justice Events: Bellevue - Tesla to Amazon March. March from the Tesla Dealership to Amazon to show lawmakers that we demand millionaires and billionaires pay what they owe. Sat Apr 12 • 11:00am - 1:00pm. Tax Day Phonebank Join us at the Washington Bus office in Seattle to phonebank for funding and just taxes. Tue Apr 15 • 12:00pm - 2:00pm Virtual Phonebanks We will be "patching-thru" constituents with key lawmakers to ensure they vote YES on progressive revenue. Mon Apr 14, Wed Apr 16 • 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Washington state event roundup!

We've got to pressure #WAleg to make the wealthy pay what they owe, otherwise devastating cuts will hit our food banks, teachers, and social services.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Budget Priorities Across the Education Ecosystem: From Early Learning to Higher Ed. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining t... The upcoming state budget decisions in Washington will have a far-reaching impact across every level of education, from early learning through higher education. The choices made in Olympia will affect...

In @educationvoters.org free webinar, we will examine how budget and investment priorities across various sectors of the education ecosystem are connected and how they influence equity for students. bit.ly/2025_budget_... @balanceourtaxcode.bsky.social

Protect Immigrants, Tax the Rich Anderson is living in hell. Ever since President Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, Anderson* has hopped from couch to couch of friends and good Samaritans willing to put the undocumente...

“Immigrants are huge taxpayers in our state but do not receive vital social benefits, including Medicaid, including unemployment insurance. This community is being targeted and we have treated them unfairly for decades.”

Tax the rich? UW economist calls WA a ‘tax haven like the Cayman Islands’ Professor Jacob Vigdor has conservative bonafides and raised progressives' ire with his past research on the minimum wage. But now he's all in for Washington to tax the rich.

🚨 Fyi, there are hearings tomorrow in #WALeg to make big banks, wealthy corporations, and Wall Street profiteers pay what they owe in taxes! If you care about keeping funding for schools and services in WA - sign in PRO today:

balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action/

Public hearing beginning! tvw.org/video/senate...

If you hate wealth hoarding and love school funding - submit written testimony in the next 24hr: balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action/

Action needed! Fund our schools with taxes on the wealthy few and corporations BalanceOurTaxCode.com/Take-Action

WA is holding public hearings on Mon/Thurs next week on:

Wall Street Wealth Tax
Tax on Big Banks/Businesses
Payroll Taxes on High Salaries

Flood #WALeg with support if you care about public schools, workers, and our safety net!

balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action/

NOT A DRILL! 🚨

WA state senators are hearing bills to make wealthy corporations finally pay what they owe in taxes! Funding for schools and health services are on the line.

Sign in PRO and DM us to testify.
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#WAleg! Most of us are already suffering funancial death by a thousand cuts. It's time to end the madness. We have the 2nd least progressive tax structure in the US as it is. No more!

Progressive WA needs a progressive tax structure to match | Op-Ed Lawmakers face the same choice that voters made in November: Slash budgets for teachers and social programs, or pass the progressive proposals on the table.

For Molly, the choice that faces #WaLeg is clear: "The first thing that actual people in poverty do in a budget crisis is not cut off food for their kids. They look for additional sources of income, and would never turn down a well-paying job when it’s offered."

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Senate Democrats Release 2025 Revenue Proposal - Sen. Noel Frame Putting People First

WA Senate has released proposals including a tax on excessive Wall Street profits and closing loopholes for big corporations!

“Voters were clear last November: they don’t want school funding cut so that extremely wealthy people can keep enjoying a tax break.”

Teachers, farm workers, caregivers, and more flooded the WA state capitol yesterday to demand just taxes instead of devastating cuts. Here are a few of our favorite rally signs!

🆕Made it out for @balanceourtaxcode.bsky.social rally + we've got a new fact sheet out! We break down the budget deficit #WaLeg lawmakers are facing & our recs for how lawmakers can address it & move toward an equitable economy for WA: budgetandpolicy.org/resources-to...

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We had a lot of TV news cameras at the rally to reject cuts and support making the wealthy pay what they owe in taxes yesterday in Olympia!

Emma Scalzo, ED of @balanceourtaxcode.bsky.social was interviewed afterwards about why progressive revenue must be the solution:

Huge crowd filling steps in WA state capitol

This was just during setup. Working people flooded Olympia to demand that the wealthy pay what they owe, and protest potentially slashed budgets for educators, healthcare, and food banks.

This Washington showed out, y'all!

Did you guess right? Join us in Olympia on Monday if the reveal also had you 😡

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