Want to give our kids a future? Change the way we tax wealth

Our current budget surplus is temporary. Consider that a one-time, $300 million investment in affordable housing can create roughly 1,500 affordable housing units. But we need more than 50,000 affordable housing units in the next three years just to catch up to our current demand. 

We need a dedicated revenue stream—year after year—to deliver on the promise of opportunity for our people.

Instead of allowing our tax system to deepen wealth and income inequality—harming our democracy and putting the quality of our collective future at risk—we propose that our colleagues in the Capitol join us in embracing tax fairness, and in asking the rich to pay a fair share to fund our future.