Take part in the Commit to Equity Twitter Storm by using the #TaxCABillionaires and #CommitToEquity hashtags on Friday, July 17th beginning at 10:00 AM. To participate, just click to tweet, or copy and paste the messages and sample social media graphics below to add to your page.
Social messaging on #TaxCABillionaires
@CAGovernor @SenToniAtkins @Rendon63rd CA’s new #CAbudget favors billionaires over babies. One million CA kids (86% kids of color) qualify for child care and can’t get it, while 154 billionaires pocketed $175 billion in this pandemic. #CommitToEquity #TaxCABillionaires Share on X
Post-COVID poverty level expected to grow to highest in 50 years. Children and communities of color will be hit hardest. #CAbudget fails to meet this crisis. We can do better @CAGovernor @SenToniAtkins @Rendon63rd #CommitToEquity #TaxCABillionaires Share on X
Nearly 4 million CA kids are fed breakfast and lunch through our schools. Districts are stretching every dollar to keep children from going hungry during the pandemic, but they’re quickly running out of $$. @ElonMusk can afford to chip in. #TaxCABillionaires @CAGovernor Share on X
Who made $6 billion in a single day? @elonmusk. Meanwhile CA has the highest poverty rate in the nation, w/ 2m kids facing food insecurity & that was before the pandemic. We need a #CAbudget that takes care of kids. It's time to #TaxCABillionaires @CAgovernor… Share on X
Kids going hungry as billionaire wealth rises. Are these CA values? Are they yours? @GavinNewsom @SenToniAtkins @Rendon63rd? We're headed down a destructive path, but we can turn it around. #TaxCABillionaires, invest in our SHARED future. #CommitToEquity Share on X
Nearly half of CA kids are covered by Medi-Cal. In the middle of a pandemic the last thing they need are cuts to vital health services. It’s time for billionaires to pony up and make sure our kids stay healthy! #CommitToEquity #TaxCABillionaires Share on X
The health of our children is not political, especially in the middle of a global pandemic. @GavinNewsom @SenToniAtkins @Rendon63rd we need a #CABudget that doesn’t put the health of children at risk while billionaires just get richer. #CommitToEquity #TaxCABillionaires Share on X
Kids are our future, but CA has more kids living in poverty than any other state. Billionaires are hoarding, but CA has a lot more than any other state. @CAgovernor & #CALeg must #CommitToEquity & #TaxCABillionaires NOW to prevent the destruction of our future. Share on X
Our value as humans comes from our wholeness, not our net worth. What if our California economy knew that? #TaxCABillionaires #CommitToEquity Share on X
We’re stuck in old ideas. When we value tax breaks for billionaires over programs for children and families, our values are out of whack. ALL our children deserve to be healthy, fed & housed. #CommitToEquity Share on X
Equity is the moral value. Fair taxation is the action. @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom & #CALeg ➡️ #CommitToEquity #TaxCABillionaires #CaliforniaForAll Share on X
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- Workers keep this economy moving! 7 million of us have lost jobs since March as 154 CA billionaires got $174 billion richer. #TaxCABillionaires to fund a just recovery! #CommittoEquity
- CA needs a budget for justice! No more cuts to our schools, child care, and health care! #TaxCABillionaires! Their fortunes have never been bigger and our struggles have never been greater! #CommitToEquity
- We need a #CABudget for justice, equity and inclusion! State leaders must #TaxCABillionaires and invest in people suffering from racism, inequity, and vulnerability! #CommittoEquity
- @GavinNewsom @Rendon63rd @toniatkins: #TaxCABillionaires to stop cuts, end California’s budget crisis, and invest in communities of color & vulnerable groups! #CommitToEquity
- @GavinNewsom @Rendon63rd @toniatkins: PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING! We have a health crisis, a budget crisis & an economic crisis. #TaxCABillionaires for a just recovery! #CommittoEquity
- @GavinNewsom @Rendon63rd @toniatkins: FIGHT FOR US! #TaxCABillionaires, stop cuts to programs we depend on, and invest in our communities!
- @GavinNewsom @Rendon63rd @toniatkins: Your budget is INCOMPLETE! Today’s economy is worse than the “Great Recession” where CA raised taxes. We need a plan to invest in a just recovery! #TaxCABillionaires #CommittoEquity
- @GavinNewsom @Rendon63rd @toniatkins: We are suffering from an economic & health crisis. Budget cuts are another sacrifice for working families with nothing more to give! #TaxCABillionaires #CommittoEquity
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- CNBC — June 16: Topping that list, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk increased his wealth 55% to more than $38 billion during that time, thanks in part to the recovery of Tesla’s stock price. On March 18, Tesla closed at $361.22 and on June 4 it closed at $864.38. Musk owns roughly 38.7 million shares of Tesla, and in May, Musk earned his first performance-based payout from Tesla, worth more than $700 million, according to CNBC. On Monday, Tesla stock closed at $990.90 and Musk’s current net worth as of Tuesday is up further, at $42 billion, according to Forbes.
- FORBES: Nearly A Quarter Of America’s Richest People Live In California. MAP: https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/
*And California has the highest poverty rate in the U.S.