SEATTLE BIG BUSINESS TAX FREE
IF THEY TRY TO TELL YOU “These people don’t want help, they just come here for all the free stuff.” The Chicken Little routine is getting a little boring - the world won’t end if the biggest businesses have to step up and do their part. The same people driving the same trickle-down agenda have whined that the sky is going to fall every time they are held accountable to pay their workers a living wage, invest in their communities, or treat people with dignity - and the scare stories never come true.
In fact, the biggest problem facing employers in Seattle is not being able to find enough workers to fill the jobs. That won’t change because of a modest tax that falls only on the biggest businesses in the city. IF THEY TRY TO TELL YOU “This will kill jobs!”Ĭompanies open up shop in Seattle because it’s where they can find the employees & customers they need. The business lobby then refused to release the study because they didn’t want people to know. This is what every expert recommends as the most important place for new investments, including the Poppe report, the business lobby group’s report, and the city and county’s own internal assessments.Ī report commissioned by the big business lobby found that service providers are efficiently delivering services to address the crisis. Money from the big business tax will be spent primarily on new affordable housing for extremely poor people. if they try to tell you: “There’s no accountability for how the money has been spent.” The business lobby then refused to release the study because they didn’t want people to know that this tax would be a step in the right direction. Seattle can’t fix that alone, but we can keep on making the investments we need to and we can make sure the biggest businesses in our city do their part too.Ī report commissioned by the big business lobby found that the only way to address the crisis was a substantial new investment in housing of as much as $400 million. The federal government has abdicated its responsibility, and the county hasn’t stepped up to do their part.
But more people are becoming homeless each year, because rapid growth in the tech sector has pushed rents sky high, and our resources simply haven’t kept up with the need because those can afford to contribute the most just haven’t stepped up. Our investments in affordable housing and services are working - 5,000 people exited homelessness last year alone. IF THEY TRY TO TELL YOU “We keep spending more money, but the problem keeps getting worse.” and what the real story is.Īnd if you have a question or thought to add - whether it's your own, or something you've heard from the people out gathering signatures to try and repeal the tax - click here to share it with us. Big businesses have launched a well-funded campaign to mislead voters and advance a trickle-down, anti-tax, anti-government agenda. Here's some info on what they're saying.
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