Bower’s so-called “growth agenda” is not in line with what research and real life show us. Investing in health care, child care, economic security, and supporting higher, equitable wages are the ingredients to a stronger and certainly more equitable economy. equitablegrowth.org/research-pap... 8/8

How can DC pay for programs that help people get by? By not handing limited public resources over to billionaires and by asking more of District residents set to get huge tax cuts from Congress’ tax plan. itep.org/trump-megabi... 7/

It may not be as flashy as a deal with the NFL, but the benefits are real and actually make DC a place people can stay and grow. www.dcfpi.org/all/expandin... 6/

A strong safety net also grows the economy over the long-term by supporting better life outcomes for kids in low income families, helping them do better and go further in school, and work and earn more as adults. www.dcfpi.org/all/a-child-...

The safety net contributes to economic activity in other ways that support jobs, like when families take their child tax credit dollars and use them at local businesses. Or when a caretaker has access to affordable child care and can reliably go to school or work. 4/

The irony of course is that the safety net—in addition to meeting basic human needs—also helps our economy. Health coverage helps support the 73,000 jobs in DC’s health care sector, for example, and it keeps workers healthy and productive. 3/

Is health care a nice-to-have now? I wonder if the mayor asked any of the cancer patients or people with chronic illness about to get kicked off of the DC Healthcare Alliance because of her budget cuts. wamu.org/story/25/06/...

We don't have to address fiscal challenges through cuts to health and human services, and we should reject plans that roll back our commitments as a District to equity and inclusion and our efforts to lead the nation in policies that help achieve that. 7/7

We have all of the evidence in the world—from real life work in DC’s communities to research and analysis—showing us that investing health care, child care, housing, cash strategies and work supports, are the pathways to ending poverty and achieving equitable growth. 6/

We have the choice to raise revenue to weather this storm, particularly as DC’s wealthiest residents stand to benefit from the tax cuts advancing through Congress. 5/

It proposes damaging cuts to our system of health coverage—one that made us 2nd in the nation for insurance coverage—particularly harming those ineligible for Medicaid. 51st.news/dc-health-in...

Instead of leaning into what we know works, the DC budget proposal being debated reverts to failed policies like work requirements and eligibility redeterminations, and it carves enormous holes into our local safety net. 3/

We face a storm unlike any we’ve seen before. The Senate just passed a bill that guts essential pieces of the nation’s social safety net. And it is precisely for that reason that we call on our elected leaders to meet the moment. 2/

While there are a few tiny improvements, overall take of Senate bill is its #Medicaid cuts are harsher than the House bill’s draconian cuts driven by new restrictions of existing provider tax cuts in expansion states and elimination of eligibility for lawfully present immigrants like refugees (19/x)

It's a cruel plan, again to give tax breaks to the wealthiest. We haven't seen the Senate tax plan yet, but the House plan would give DC's top 1% (those w/hhld inc over $1.3m) an annual avg tax cut of $47k and there's no reason to think the Senate tax plan won't be similarly egregious /End