Join me and my family in supporting the Invest in Our New York act (IONY) investinourny.org. Script and numbers to call in the bottom of this thread. There's a state-wide coalition of orgs and luminaries advocating for the adoption of IONY's 6 progressive tax proposals...
into the NYState budget. (social justice orgs are organizing around IONY as a 'tax the rich" campaign, which it is. Others like saying it's a 'progressive tax' campaign, because we are indeed progressing towards more just practices, in this case towards a more just economy...
If you go to IONY's site investinourny.org and scroll down a bit and you'll see the proposals; flip thru them, the info is super clear and concise. And when you see how small the proposed tax increases are, and how easily they would yield $50 billion in new, much-needed...
income for the state (especially after this past year), it's a no-brainer, right? ... ... Apparently not, since only $7-8Bn have made it through to the proposed budgets currently being negotiated.
SO, for the next 10 days IONY supporters -- including 51 "please tax us" millionaires responsiblewealth.org/iony_raise_nys…) -- are lobbying the 3 representatives who will negotiate and set the Final 21-22 State Budget, due April 1st. Will you join us and make 3 calls TODAY to the Senate...
Majority Leader, Speaker of the Assembly and the governor (all info below). If you find phones already jammed, please call again and/or tweet/instagram/FB these folks tomorrow and the next day and as many times as you can before midnight April 1st...
CALLS TO BE MADE TO
Senate Majority Leader, Andrea Stewart-Cousins (914) 423-4031
Senate Majority Leader, Andrea Stewart-Cousins (914) 423-4031
Assembly Speaker, Carl Heastie (718) 654-6539
Governor Andrew Cuomo (518) 474-8390 Press 3
Governor Andrew Cuomo (518) 474-8390 Press 3
CALL SCRIPT: (same for all 3 calls)
My name is [ ], I am a voter in [ City/town ]. I call to urge you to support the progressive taxes of Invest in Our New York, and to hold firm that there will be a significant income increase in the final budget, raised by these taxes....
My name is [ ], I am a voter in [ City/town ]. I call to urge you to support the progressive taxes of Invest in Our New York, and to hold firm that there will be a significant income increase in the final budget, raised by these taxes....
The $7-8Billion in your one-house budgets is well below the $50Billion that could so easily be raised.
As you know, a budget is also a moral document. But for over a year now, millions of New Yorkers -- including TOO many artists -- cannot can’t make rent or put food on the...
As you know, a budget is also a moral document. But for over a year now, millions of New Yorkers -- including TOO many artists -- cannot can’t make rent or put food on the...
table, while the wealthiest New Yorkers have... 
Thanks to our friend Melanie for bringing this to our attention
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