Electoral Advocacy
Fighting for pro-worker politicians and policies
What do elections have to do with a workers’ rights org?
When it comes to improving workers’ lives, we have some choices. Do we take to the streets, head to the courthouse, or focus on the ballot? We need each of these tools to build a better future, and we’ve learned that elections are an important way to get more good things for working people.
Plus, when corporations control our democracy like they do right now, we’re the ones who suffer. That’s why we fight for the power to govern, advance our agenda, and win at the scale workers deserve.
We’re building governing power by:
Advancing pro-worker policies
Electing candidates who stand with working people
Building relationships to co-govern with politicians
On the ballot: NO to millionaire tax breaks
Vote NO on I-645, which threatens to repeal an important win for working people.
NO cuts to public schools.
NO taxes on diapers.
NO fronting the bill for the ultra-wealthy.
NO on I-645.
Washington’s taxes are upside down.
Working families and small businesses pay over 3 times more in taxes than millionaires do.
The super-rich pay only 4% of their income in taxes, while we pay FOURTEEN percent.
It’s not right.
No Thanks! Millionaires Can Pay Their Own Taxes.
We work hard, and yet we can’t afford rent. Meanwhile, the rich want to dodge taxes on their summer homes and yachts.
We can’t afford to pay the millionaire’s tax for them. When they pay less, we pay more. Vote No on I-645.
FAQs about I-645 on Washington’s ballot
I-645 would take money away from schools, healthcare, and childcare, and would lead
to an increase in taxes for 460,000 Washington families. I-645 would also make small
businesses suffer by raising their Business & Occupation taxes. Over-the-counter
medicines and diapers would cost more for everyone in the state–all of this to pay for
Mega Millionaires to get another tax cut.
Did you know that in Washington, we have an upside down tax system where working
people are paying the MOST in taxes while the super-rich pay the LEAST?
Working families work hard and already help pay for the things our communities need,
like hospitals and schools
We need to vote No on I-645 to stop mega millionaires from
giving themselves another tax cut the rest of us have to pay for.
The super-rich want us to think they will leave and we will be worse off, but that just doesn’t match the reality. It’s actually working people who are getting priced out of our state, because we can’t afford housing, or childcare, or healthcare here.
Wealthy people maintain residences for the same reasons we do – to be close to family, their jobs, businesses, or school systems, and multiple studies prove this. Progressive taxes are how we fund and create thriving communities in Washington that people want to and love living in, including the wealthy. Tax policy alone is rarely a reason why someone uproots their entire life and family.
Brian Heywood is a mega-millionaire Wall Street investor pitching a fit about having to pay what he
owes in taxes.
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