Balance Our Tax Code
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We want an economy that works for all of us, not just the wealthy few.
A coalition of more than 80 WA labor unions, non-profits, immigrant rights advocates, human service providers, housing advocates and activists.
A coalition of more than 80 WA labor unions, non-profits, immigrant rights advocates, human service providers, housing advocates and activists.
We're out here at Budget Matters!
November 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
We're out here at Budget Matters!
Why are children still struggling for the basics in one of the wealthiest countries in the world?
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September 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Why are children still struggling for the basics in one of the wealthiest countries in the world?
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"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)
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.
washingtonstatestandard.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"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
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June 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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
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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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June 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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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!
ALERT! Please take a moment to use this form to send a message to Governor Ferguson and urge him to support the Legislature’s budget compromise and protect the progress we’ve made. buff.ly/Tc3oKdc Thank you!
Support the Legislature’s budget compromise and protect the progress we’ve made for WA students
Tell Governor Ferguson to support the Legislature’s budget compromise and protect the progress we’ve made for Washington students.
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May 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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!
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.
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
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April 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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.
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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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Call Bob Ferguson at 360-902-4111
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April 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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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Call Bob Ferguson at 360-902-4111
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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
Your rep needs to hear from you: bit.ly/BOTCnocuts
April 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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
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
bit.ly/virtualrevrally
April 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Today! Join us to advocate for an economy that works for all, not just the wealthy few:
bit.ly/virtualrevrally
bit.ly/virtualrevrally
Wanna guess how many states have a more unjust tax code than us? 🫣
In case you didn't know, @balanceourtaxcode.bsky.social has some STARK numbers on how our tax code is unbalanced in Washington State. #SB5797 #HB2046 #waleg
April 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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/
Let them know what we want: balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action/
April 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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/
Let them know what we want: balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action/
This Monday - funding for teachers, food banks, and our healthcare is on the line.
Our WA reps need to hear from us!
RSVP: bit.ly/virtualrevra...
Our WA reps need to hear from us!
RSVP: bit.ly/virtualrevra...
April 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This Monday - funding for teachers, food banks, and our healthcare is on the line.
Our WA reps need to hear from us!
RSVP: bit.ly/virtualrevra...
Our WA reps need to hear from us!
RSVP: bit.ly/virtualrevra...
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
This #TaxDay, we need you to remind our reps that we deserve better!
Take action: bit.ly/notobigbiz
April 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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
This #TaxDay, we need you to remind our reps that we deserve better!
Take action: bit.ly/notobigbiz
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.
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 ...
www.nwprogressive.org
April 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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.
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.
Sign up and share: balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action/
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.
Sign up and share: balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action/
April 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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.
Sign up and share: balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action/
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.
Sign up and share: balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action/
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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
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...
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April 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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
“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.”
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...
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April 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“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.”
🚨 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/
balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action/
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.
www.seattletimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🚨 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/
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/
If you hate wealth hoarding and love school funding - submit written testimony in the next 24hr: balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action/
March 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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/
If you hate wealth hoarding and love school funding - submit written testimony in the next 24hr: 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/
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/
March 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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/
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.
balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action
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.
balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action
March 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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.
balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action
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.
balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action
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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!
March 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
#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!
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."
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/prog...
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/prog...
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.
www.seattletimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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."
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/prog...
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/prog...