This is a big bill but it hasn't gotten much coverage. Thanks to for lifting up this critical issue.
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We're building an economy that works for everyone in a state with the most upside-down tax code in the nation. Join us! #healthcareforall #taxtherich #childcare
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“The rich people in our state rarely distribute their wealth beyond their insular communities.” - wintern Adaora Ugwueze ✏️ #waleg #taxtherich
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If you're seeing this, we need your help! We've got ONE DAY to make sure the Working Families Tax Credit can reach all of the people who need it. Send a message now: action.momsrising.org/sign/senate_wo #WFTC #WorkingFamilies #WaLeg
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📣📣"Despite what legislators claim, there are plenty of pathways for funding unemployment, education, and housing for all right now. They all lead to taxing the super rich hoarding half of the state’s wealth."
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Washington state has the opportunity to adequately fund affordable health care programs that are accessible to ALL immigrants in Washington state, regardless of their immigration status by including our health care proviso in the biennial budget this week.
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any time someone in Washington is like "we need to pay for this important thing, why can't we pay for this important thing?" we're just going to respond with "wealth tax" and we invite you to join us.
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Eleven years ago, WA's Supreme Court promised to ensure the state fully covers the cost of special education. But that isn't happening. Is a new legal showdown brewing? #WALeg
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We agree with Times editors that #WaLeg must fund special ed. We'd love to see them write in favor of the funding options for schools & communities: real estate excise tax, estate tax & wealth tax! (And let's not forget how great it is that cap gains tax funds early learning).
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Eleven years ago, WA's Supreme Court promised to ensure the state fully covers the cost of special education. But that isn't happening. Is a new legal showdown brewing? #WALeg
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Today is the FINAL CUT-OFF for for bills. We're pushing one last time for everyone to submit their support for BABY BONDS!
Do it right now if you have a moment. This is an important, innovative way to close the racial equity gaps in WA:
balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action-wf
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Did you know? Millions are still available in the #WorkingFamiliesTaxCredit - if you haven't checked your eligibility and applied yet, now's the time!
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Working parents are being forced to choose between their jobs and their children because of the #childcare shortage. 💫 It's time for action to support families.
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🎉 It's always a good day when we have a little less Tim Eyman in our lives/on our ballots.
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Gone like an office chair 
Tim Eyman’s wasteful advisory votes will no longer clutter our ballots, leading to easier voting for new voters, and more votes in down-ballot races! All this bill needs now is Gov Inslee’s signature to become law! #WALeg
Tim Eyman’s wasteful advisory votes will no longer clutter our ballots, leading to easier voting for new voters, and more votes in down-ballot races! All this bill needs now is Gov Inslee’s signature to become law! #WALeg
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"There is no nuance to this issue: We are sentencing our neighbors to death because they were born in a different country." southseattleemerald.com/2023/04/08/opi
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We loved getting the print version of to see their beautiful cover art illustrating the importance of the capital gains tax! You can check out 's reporting online...or better yet, support a vendor and buy a copy for yourself! (S/o to artist Robin Hunt)
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COVID-Related food assistance is ending – But in this blog, you’ll find a list of resources that can help put food on your table.
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"By formally recognizing the inherent inequity of our tax system, the Supreme Court affirmed what communities and advocates have been saying for decades – it’s long past time we implement a tax code that works for working people in our state."
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🚨ACTION ALERT🚨Support healthcare access for immigrants! Show your solidarity by sending a letter to your legislator here: fusewashington.actionkit.com/letter/eoi-hea Thank you to our friends at for making this easy-to-use template!
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“I think organized labor is a necessary part of democracy. Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.” - Dolores Huerta, legendary trade unionist and activist, #bornonthisday. Learn more: aflcio.org/2019/3/21/wome
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Yes! Railway workers need leave!
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Washington residents are urged to send a message to your State Representatives urging them to vote "yes" on SB 5267. #1u #waleg thestand.org/2023/04/take-a
This is great news - and the product of so much hard work.
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The WA state House just passed SB 5236, the compromise bill to begin addressing the hospital staffing crisis -- the final legislative hurdle in a long process led by healthcare workers, their unions, and patient advocates. #waleg #safestaffing wasafeandhealthy.com/news/wa-house-
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Jane Hopkins of : “We’re glad legislators have listened... it’s a step in the right direction after years of inaction by hospital executives.” #1u #waleg #SafeStaffingSavesLives
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Friday at The Stand...
#1u #waleg #UnionStrong #Boeing #TennesseeThree
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This is great news! I’m so grateful to call Washington State home – a place that I know will always fight to protect the right to abortion. Thank you for your leadership!
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Apropos of nothing - nothing at all! - we're thinking about how the ultra-wealthy get special treatment. Like paying a MUCH smaller % in taxes (& leaving our services underfunded).
That's why we support a #wealthtax - we want everyone to be treated fairly. #waleg
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Most ppl in WA think that those with the most $$ should be chipping in more for our schools, social safety net, etc.
A capital gains tax is just the first step towards justice for working people!
crosscut.com/politics/2023/ #WaLeg
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There’s an inverse relationship between the cost of child care & mothers’ workforce participation. data shows counties with #ChildCare prices 2x more expensive than the median price had maternal employment rates that were 4 percentage points lower
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From yesterday on NPI's Cascadia Advocate: Voters say Legislature has a responsibility to act to prevent school closures, staff layoffs | #waleg #waedu
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Great data from WCA - and a pretty alarming stat about County councils, which are "97.8% white when the state is only 63.8% white. And only about 1 in 4 county commissioners are women." #waleg
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“The good news is Washington’s Legislature more closely reflects Washingtonians than ever before … The bad news is Washington’s county councils are a far cry from representing the people.”
Lauryn Bray reports. #Representation @WACommAlliance
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It's #WomensHistoryMonth - and we want to talk about the history of women in labor. Though "women's work" has often been devalued and deprioritized, there would be no economy without women.
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"A wealth tax could transform life for so many people my age and future generations." - Kytlan Morgan speaking the truth for
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We wouldn't need to nickel and dime education - and steal from some students to pay for others - if we had ample, sustainable funding sources (like a wealth tax).
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Legislators promised that this would be the year to tackle persisting inequities in the way Washington funds education. It looks like they could make significant strides forward. ow.ly/Oeze50Nu3ek @GraduateTacoma @BESR20 @WA_Charters @SeaTimesOpinion #WAedu #WAleg
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Last week, the Supreme Court affirmed what communities and advocates have been saying for decades – it’s long past time we implement a tax code that works for working people in our state, not just the wealthy few. But this is just one step of many needed.
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"If we are not really addressing that other side — which is the prices that providers are charging — we just really aren’t going to be able to move the needle on spending." - EOI's Sam Hatzenbeler for the heraldnet.com/news/health-ca #waleg #healthcare
"When we insist that everyone — including the wealthiest Washingtonians — pay what they truly owe in taxes — we begin to undo decades of racism and disinvestment that hurts families, communities, and small businesses.” -Treasure Mackley, IWN Executive Director
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Jump Start Tax: Upheld
Capital Gains Tax: Upheld
Next Stop: Wealth Tax
We can and should have nice things. We just can’t be afraid to Fund our Future and create the community people want to live in because it’s a community they can thrive in.
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Breaking news: a HUGE win!
This means more kids across WA will have access to quality early learning, more parents will be able to afford childcare and return to work, and new childcare centers and schools can be built 
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WA State has the most regressive tax system in the country – this is a huge victory. Thank you to the WA Supreme Court for carefully looking at the constitutionality of this issue and I hope this opens the door for progressive tax policies moving forward.
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