David Schwartzman At Large Candidate 2008 David Schwartzman
~ At Large ~
Schwartzman, NOT Schwartz

David Schwartzman -- At Large Candidate

Lets organize together for:

Progressive taxes for District residents, REDUCE the tax rate for the working class majority, and RAISE it for the top 5% ($227,000 and above family income), tax fairness and more revenue to better meet essential needs…truly affordable housing for our majority, child care, first rate neighborhood schools…Now the DC tax structure has the top 1% income bracket of families, averaging $3 million/year, paying a lower rate than the bottom 99% of DC families* A modest hike in DC millionaire's taxes will generate $ hundreds of millions in revenue, MD has raised their taxes, why can't DC? Obama says he will repeal Bush's tax breaks for the wealthy, why can't our DC Democrats in charge do the same here? (Of course we can't expect Republican Schwartz and "independent" Republican Catania to act since they have long refused to implement tax fairness)

Ending poverty as we know it Bring the 30% poverty rate of DC children down to zero, create green collar jobs for our youth: Raise the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefit to above poverty level, provide substance abuse treatment for all in need, job training for 21st Century Jobs. Fire Gandhi now! Reorganize the Office of Tax and Revenue to truly serve the majority of DC residents. Get the tax cheaters who are falsely claiming out-of-DC residency to pay DC income taxes!

Eco-Action and Health:
Immediate action to curb the childhood asthma epidemic and huge Metro DC carbon emissions driving global warming. A major source of both is traffic congestion especially from commuters, producing air pollution which triggers childhood asthma and other health problems for all residents. Lower Metro fares, not raise them as WMATA recently did. Students should ride free, just as in London! Start planning now for a DC Congestion Charge to make this possible. For more information go to: http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org//pubs/pubs.php?annc_id=257§ion_id=8

Keeping Public Property Public and DC Public Schools & Libraries open:
No more real estate sweetheart giveaways or handouts for billionaires – Stop taxpayer-funded subsidies for stadiums!"

More Democracy, not Less!
Reverse the erosion of democracy (e.g., school governance, lack of budget transparency) being pushed by our Mayor.



"A more just DC, a better life for all"
~ David Schwartzman, Candidate for DC Statehood Green Party

Your feedback, ideas, want to volunteer?
Contact information:
dschwartzman@gmail.com
202-829-9063

Mail contributions to:
Committee to Elect David Schwartzman
1634 Montague St NW
Washington DC 20011
(Please include your phone number, email, occupation and employer)

Remember, You have 2 votes for At-Large Council in November. DC Statehood Green Candidates do not take money from powerful developers, real estate lobbies or from other corporations. Democrats and Republicans do.

For more information, go to Testimony, Publications at
www.dcstatehoodgreen.org

* The Top 1% pays 5.4% of their income in DC taxes (including the benefit of the federal deduction offset) while the bottom 99% pays 8.0%.
While the bottom 20%, with an average income of $12,400, pays the highest percentage of their income in sales
and property taxes compared to the top 80%, because of the benefit of the DC Earned Income Tax Credit,
this lowest income bracket's effective tax rate is now roughly equal to the top 1% (latest ITEP study).






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