rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/event/lobby-meeting-with-sen-webb?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-event-area-lobby-meeting-with-sen-webb' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Ithaca DSA https://actionnetwork.org/groups/ithaca-dsa https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg We are meeting on Zoom with Senator Lea Webb on January 23rd, from 12:00 - 12:30pm EST, to discuss the importance of passing specific TAX THE RICH legislation. She sponsors two of the four bills already (woohoo!), so we want to push her to co-sponsor the Corporate Tax bill and the Fair Share Act (see details below). And we want YOU to show up for support and share a brief personal story about why taxing the ultra-wealthy for initiatives like Universal Childcare is important to you. When you RSVP, you will be added to a Signal group chat where we will hash out the details of who shares what, so we enter this meeting with our own internal plan. Meeting link: https://ithaca.zoom.us/j/5191869249?pwd=Z01mTHJMVVJIL21zVmp6SStrMGtuUT09 Sam Aldridge is the main point of contact for this, and if you have questions, please text him via Signal or regular at 607-376-1445. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ON THIS LOBBYING ADVENTURE. Here are the bills that we need Sen. Webb's support for as a Sponsor or Co-sponsor: Revenue for funding Childcare: ● Corporate Tax on the Most Profitable Corporations (S.953-Hoylman/ A.1971-Kelles, Shrestha). Corporations pay less in taxes now than they did in the 1990s. The corporate tax bill ensures companies doing business in our state with over $2.5 million in profits pay what they owe in taxes. This proposal would raise $7 billion annually. ● “Fair Share Act” (S.8577-Liu/A.8953-Souffrant Forrest) - Currently, New York City charges essentially a flat income tax on its residents. If you earn $50,000 or $5 million, you pay practically the same tax rate of roughly 3.9%. By adding a 2% surcharge to those with incomes over $1m per year. This could raise $4 billion. https://actionnetwork.org/events/lobby-meeting-with-sen-webb