At the end of November, the Washington State Legislature is reconvening for a Special Session to cut an additional $2 billion from our state budget. Our communities and families have already suffered enough. Join us on Tuesday, November 29th as we Occupy the Capitol and bring the face of the 99% to Olympia!
We’ll put a face to the budget cuts that have devastated our families and communities by highlighting personal stories of people from across the state who are affected by the cuts. Fun activities/actions will take place throughout the day that urge our Legislators to take into account the human cost of the deep budget cuts that are being proposed. Transportation will be provided.
We need to urge our Legislators to close corporate tax loopholes and raise revenue instead of making more cuts. It’s time for big corporations and the wealthy in this state to pay their fair share.
What’s at stake this Special Session? Listed below are just a few of the Governor’s proposed cuts:
- Eliminate the Basic Health Plan, ending subsidized health care for 35,000 low-income individuals.
- Cut off medical services to 21,000 people enrolled in the state’s Disability Lifeline and ADATSA (Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Treatment Support Act) programs.
- Trim 15 percent from higher education.
- Reduce levy equalization, which helps property poor districts, by 50 percent.
- Eliminate interpreter services
- Eliminate child welfare programs
- Eliminate State Food Assistance program
- Eliminate naturalization services
Register here to join us on November 29th!
We’re planning to Occupy the Capitol throughout the entirety of the Special Session. If you can’t join us on the 29th, but are interested in attending another day, check out occupythecapitol.org for a full list of events for the first week.
