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The choice is clear: tax break for the ultra-rich or $2.2 billion for kids?

KidsEducators are voting NO on Initiative 2109 this fall because if it passes it would cut more than $2.2 billion from education in the next 5 years.

I-2109 Would Slash Childcare and Education Funds

The Children’s Alliance, Save The Children Action Fund, Moms Rising, and many more oppose I-2109 because it will cut more than $2.2 billion over 5 years from education, worsening Washington’s childcare and school funding crisis in both rural and urban areas.

In the few years the capital gains tax has been in place, many districts have used the funds to improve facilities. Receiving the largest sums of at least $10 million in funds from the capital gains tax:

  • New Bethel High (construction) 
  • New Pasco Comprehensive High (construction) 
  • Taholah School District (seismic safety project) 
  • Chief Leschi School (HVAC) 
  • Evergreen High, Highline Public Schools (construction of replacement school) 
  • Tyee High, Highline Public Schools (construction of replacement school) 
  • Illahee Middle School, Federal Way School District (construction of replacement school) 
  • Evergreen Elementary, Bethel School District (school modernization) 
  • Jackson Elementary, Everett Public Schools (school modernization) 
  • Fernwood Elementary, Northshore School District (school addition and modernization) 
  • Woodin Elementary, Northshore School District (school addition and modernization)
  • Mercer International Middle School, Seattle Public Schools (construction of replacement school) 

I-2109 Shifts Tax Pressure to Middle-Income Families

I-2109 puts more tax pressure on the rest of us. It carves out a tax break for a handful of people - fewer than 4,000 wealthy households - shifting more tax responsibility on middle- and low- income Washingtonians who are already paying the biggest share - up to 17% of our incomes - in state and local taxes.

Vote No to Speak Up for Washington’s Families

I-2109 is paid for by a hedge fund mega-millionaire who wants to stop paying his share. Voting against I-2109 means standing up for working families and telling the super-wealthy that it's time to stop using their power to avoid paying what they owe.

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