BREAKING NEWS: #JumpStart progressive revenue is👏🏼above👏🏼on👏🏼target👏🏼w/ the revenue projections that we anticipated! $231M in 2021 revenue & climbing. JumpStart prevented our city from austerity budgeting & invested in making communities and our local economy stable & healthier!
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WA is notorious for its regressive tax system,” said General Secretary, . “By raising funds from the corporations that profit the most from the immense wealth produced in our region, #JumpStart Seattle is moving our city in a more equitable direction
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#JumpstartSeattle meant that instead of cuts and furloughs, we saw city #workers keep their #jobs, #smallbusiness grants, #food & #rentalassistance for those most in need...” said Katie Garrow, Executive Secretary-Treasurer,
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Investing in #GreenNewDeal is critical, & there’s much more work to do, but today, we celebrate w/ advocates across the city who are seeing policy and funding changes needed to build an #equitablefuture for Seattle’s youth...” said , Exec Director,
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Thank you, all! , President, Civic Ventures summarized, “We did the right thing and asked those who could most afford it to do their part. I’m thankful to our #leaders who got this done — we’re better off as a city for it.” #JumpingforJumpStart
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There - I fixed it! $231+ Million, and those are just the initial returns. This funding will go directly into creating a more #equitableeconomy by #housing our community, investing in #economic resilience, #GND investments, & #EquitableDevelopment initiatives. #ProgressiveRevenue
Translation: 62% budget oversight. Landscaping, janitorial, and PTO expenses take the rest of the change. I'm wagering $50 the next Seattle tax will be on hot dog vendors.
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