"Young people do not lack ambition, we lack investments" -Aaron Booe Fair Budget Coalition DC, constituent leader

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Mayor Bowser has proposed a FY26 #DCBudget and financial plan that abandons residents with the fewest resources to fend for themselves in the coming storm. Read the DC Fiscal Policy Institute’s initial analysis of what’s in the mayor’s proposal: loom.ly/QxmLq4Q

Maryland residents who make a million dollars a year will be paying higher taxes, with those earning less paying lower rates. We know that the rich can afford to pay more, and Maryland is putting that knowledge into action with their latest budget. loom.ly/5Vueaek

A Business Activity Tax is a simple reform that would make our tax system more equitable by ensuring that businesses operating within DC pay their fair share. DCFPI estimated that a 2% BAT rate could generate approx. $500 million a year. From ITEP loom.ly/zSd-OPA

Roughly 1,500 households hold 1/2 the wealth in DC. And, Congress is gutting vital programs, taking food off people’s tables to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. Add your name to our petition for raising DC tax rates on incomes above $1 million: loom.ly/vqqEc6s

The money raised from the Massachusetts wealth tax will be invested in education and transportation. By building a more progressive and equitable tax code, we can ensure everyone shares in DC's prosperity. loom.ly/BrK6jgI

All of the signs here have one thing in common: protect #WashingtonDC and protect ALL our people

DC is 1 of only 13 states to tax estates. By allowing households to pass on extreme wealth to future generations, we allow wealth inequality to get worse over time. washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

The top 1 percent of DC households will get an average annual tax cut of $47,000, if Congress passes the GOP tax plan. DC should raise taxes on the wealthiest residents to capture some of the federal tax cuts and raise needed revenue. actionnetwork.org/petitions/dc-s…

The tax brought in $2.46 billion for the state in 2023 alone, which can be spent on free school lunches for students and free community college for state residents.

This legislation will make the rich richer, & they're paying for it by slashing programs for the working-class. ITEP's analysis reveals how much will go to the wealthy while many Americans struggle.

Listening to DC Council budget debates now is incredibly sad. So many false choices because of an austerity mindset. Working class Washingtonians deserve better. We can + must start filling the gaps to fight for working people, as All in for DC: A Just Recovery Campaign and Fair Budget Coalition DC have outlined

THIS! Pitting programs for working class residents against each other instead of finding ways to have the wealthy contribute for the good of the working class residents. Tax wealth to stop the cuts! All in for DC: A Just Recovery Campaign

When given the choice between taxing this exorbitant wealth to fund essential services and the social safety net or embracing rampant inequality and austerity, our city government utterly failed today in DC. Proud to be in community with Fair Budget Coalition DC & All in for DC: A Just Recovery Campaign

While CM Parker's amendment to add a surcharge to capital gains income to help pay for ending homelessness, DC's child tax credit, & more didn't pass, we thank the CMs who worked to raise resources for the critical programs that support DC residents with the fewest resources.

In DC, people earning more than $1.3 million a year will get an annual tax cut of $41,840. People earning less than $26,7000 will receive only $90--way less than what they'll be spending on rising health care and food costs.