Poverty in Washington State | Responsible Government

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Goal

Ensure our government shares the responsibility of taxation fairly and protects the health and well-being of all our residents.

REAL stories...

Judith Whiteley,
“I became homeless for the first time in 1977. I had to flee my abuser and took my four children with me.”
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Responsible Government

In Brief

Democracy works best when all of the people have a voice, and when those who make laws are accountable to the needs of the people. This is the ideal to which America strives, and strives very well, for no country in the world can boast citizen participation in government like the United States of America. Nonetheless, the government must always be held accountable so that it is responsive to the needs of all, rather than the few and the wealthy.

In particular, Washington has recently struggled with budget deficits in light of the slumping economy, which has challenged our ability to care for the needs of the people. One of the reasons Washington has been struck so hard by economic regression is our poorly devised tax system, which has affected our ability to meet the needs of crucial public systems.

Poverty Action works to educate and organize people in an effort to motivate fairer tax system for everyone, and for responsible state budgets to ensure that government meets the needs of all people.

Meeting
Basic Needs

Opportunites
to Prosper

Voice in
Democracy