Our hospitals, schools, and housing are all on the chopping block because Washington State has a huge - $12 billion - budget gap.
There's an easy, common sense alternative: make our state's mega-millionaires and huge corporations pay what they owe, just like the rest of us already do.
Our lawmakers in Olympia and the Governor are deciding right now whether to cut funding for children, people with disabilities or who are aging, and working families.
That's because Washington State is worse than most other states - including Idaho - when it comes to making the super-rich pay what they owe.
It's time for lawmakers to do the right thing and make our state's many mega-millionaires and billionaires pay their share, fixing our upside down tax code.
There are only a few weeks left to have your voice heard. Send an email now to your lawmakers and the Governor.
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Dear [name]:
I'm asking you to oppose cuts to hospitals, schools, and housing and support bills that make the super-rich and big corporations pay what they owe.
Washington State is worse than most other states - including Idaho - when it comes to making mega-millionaires pay what they owe. It's time to stop being a tax haven for billionaires.
Please support these bills:
- SB 5796: Raising $2.3 billion for health care, education with a payroll tax on big corporations with large executive salaries.
- SB 5797/HB 2046 Raising $4 billion for schools with a tax on the super-rich (about 4,300 mega-millionaires) with more than $50 million in stocks and bonds.
- SB 5794: Raising $1 billion by closing tax loopholes for special interests such as gold bullion.
- HB 2045: Raising $2 billion for education, public safety and other critical services with a tax on the state's biggest most profitable corporations with $250 million+ annual profits.
It's up to you to do the right thing and make our state's many mega-millionaires and billionaires pay their share, fixing our upside down tax code.
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