Public Will Initiative

State Budget & Revenue

Message Recommendations and Toolkits

• Webinar: PWI Supporting State Budgets: How to get people...
  
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• PWI: Budget & Tax
  Message Brief
  
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• Overview Webinar: The Public Will Initiative--Advocating...
  
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• Say It So They'll Hear It:
  Best Practices For Commun...
  
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• Public Will Initiative:
  Message Brief
  
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• Critiquing Without Undermining Government
  
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• State Budget & Revenue Network: Sample Talking Points
  
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• Message Organizer Worksheet: A Thriving Colorado How to ...
  
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• Public Will Initiative - Public Revenue & Reclaiming Gov...
  
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• Original Taxlandia
  Topos Research
  
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Real-World Examples / Best Practices

• Social Media

  Tweets, Facebook posts, YouTube videos, and other social media messaging

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    Bernie Sander Quote - Instead of giving huge tax breaks ...
    

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    The People of Washington Want Action on State Budget - F...
    

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    Sen. Billig: Fix Our Tax Code
    

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    Montana - Capital Gains: Valuing Wealth Over Work.
    

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    Upside Down Town Tax Code - Let’s flip it around; a ba...
    

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    Newsletter - What makes Colorado a great place to live?
    

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    Building a Just and Prosperous Future for All in Washing...
    

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    If we love Montana, we should invest in Montana
    

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    Proud to pay for the investments
    

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    Our Milwaukee County Family - How to talk about the role...
    

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    government can and should be a force for the public good...
    

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    Virtual Town Hall about PEIA - West Virginia
    

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    As Coloradans, we choose to live here. We choose this wa...
    

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    Let's make a u-turn, stronger New Mexico
    

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    Ohio can build strong communities by investing
    

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    Kentucky Together Animation
    

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    Washington's Upside Down Tax Code, Explained
    

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    Corporate tax breaks
    

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• Earned Media

  Op-eds, editorials, and other media coverage

  • Don't hurt public education by diverting money to privat...
    
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  • Govt here for building solutions / Making our voices hea...
    
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  • Who gives the greatest share?
    
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  • A strong economy must work for everyone, not just a sele...
    
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  • Real Change: Fight poverty by demanding a tax code that ...
    
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  • Op-Ed: How tax cuts for the powerful are behind the back...
    
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  • Economic Progress Institute: Invest Today for Our Prospe...
    
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  • Let’s return to shared investment that made Ohio great...
    
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  • Washington has the most upside-down tax system in the na...
    
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  • I'm rich. I should pay more taxes in WA
    
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  • We can’t rely on the generosity of corporations to tac...
    
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  • Fix our upside-down tax structure,
    
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  • Government is not the problem but the solution when it c...
    
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  • It's not the size of government; it's who government ser...
    
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  • Kentucky - Upside Down Tax System
    
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  • Washington Post: Democrats to unveil $1 trillion infrast...
    
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  • WA House Democrats: Investing in a Strong Economy
    
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  • Florida Policy Institute: CRC proposal would hamstring l...
    
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  • RI Economic Progress Institute: Report warns lawmakers a...
    
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  • Op-Ed: Kentucky’s Past Shows Public Investment Is Esse...
    
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  • Op-Ed: Clean up state tax code to help working families ...
    
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• Public Platforms

  Websites, blog posts, fact sheets, analysis, and other materials that incorporate PWI messaging and are used for analyzing the issue by an advocacy group

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    Washington State Budget & Policy Center
    
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    Blueprint for Broadly Shared Prosperity in Maryland
    
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    Right-Side Up Tax Reform Advocacy Campaign
    
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    Roadmap to Shared Prosperity in Florida
    
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    A FOUNDATION FOR GROWTH Kansas Action for Children’s b...
    
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    New Mexico is at a crossroads & it's time for a new dire...
    
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    NM Alternative Budget
    
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    All In For Washington
    
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    Advancing Racial Equity With State Tax Policy
    
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    Strengthening West Virginia Families: Seven Policies to ...
    
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    We're working to reverse income inequality and build fou...
    
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    Roadmap to a Stronger New Mexico
    
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    KCEP: The Path to a Stronger Commonwealth: Prioritizing ...
    
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    KY Revenue Agenda
    
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  • 
    AR Advocates: Personal Income Tax Cuts: Part 3
    
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    Kentucky Together
    
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Peer Review (Co-Creation) Material