Inslee signs off on capital gains tax for wealthy and tax rebate for lower-income workers in WA

5/4/21

The Seattle Times

Our communications and digital experts at PowerHouse Strategic took this campaign from soup to nuts, providing logo and website design, messaging, spokesperson training and management, media relations, social media management, and much more. We designed and managed targeted digital ads campaigns, petition and e-action campaigns, as well as built and managed the client’s CRM, to generate thousands of public comments to lawmakers. From our press events on the steps of the state capitol to our reporter briefings with economics experts, our team generated dozens of positive media hits for our client’s campaign. 

How We Did It

Invest in WA Now generated tens of thousands of public comments, emails, phone calls, and testimony to state lawmakers. With their partners, Invest in WA Now held multiple press conferences and media briefings, published op-eds and letters to the editor, and provided the communications support needed to win the state’s first ever tax on the super-rich. When the opposition took the new law to the Washington State Supreme Court, and eventually the U.S. Supreme Court, Invest in WA Now helped mount a successful defense in the courts, and with the public.

Results

Executive Director, IWN

Treasure Mackley

“The people at PowerHouse Strategic have been there from the very beginning, from logo and website design to digital ads and list building to messaging and national press outreach. They are much more than consultants, they are integral members of our campaign team.”

Challenge

Conventional wisdom said Washington State, known as the worst in the U.S. for tax fairness, would never pass a tax on its mega-millionaires and billionaires. Although long considered a progressive state, Washingtonians with the least pay the largest share in state and local taxes, while the super rich - including the state’s 13 billionaires - pay far less. Smart minds knew a solution could be a capital gains tax on the stock market windfalls, but they needed a people-centered campaign to push this major change through.

Winning a ground-breaking tax on Washington State’s mega-millionaires and billionaires to fund nearly $900 million per year for childcare and education through a multi-year campaign that went from the state legislature to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Expand Childcare By Taxing The Rich

Invest In WA Now

© 2024 Powerhouse Strategic

1741 S. Snoqualmie Seattle WA 98108

© 2024 Powerhouse Strategic

1741 S. Snoqualmie Seattle WA 98108

© 2024 Powerhouse Strategic

1741 S. Snoqualmie Seattle WA 98108

© 2024 Powerhouse Strategic

1741 S. Snoqualmie Seattle WA 98108

Winning a ground-breaking tax on Washington State’s mega-millionaires and billionaires to fund nearly $900 million per year for childcare and education through a multi-year campaign that went from the state legislature to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Expand Childcare By Taxing The Rich

Invest In WA Now

Challenge

Conventional wisdom said Washington State, known as the worst in the U.S. for tax fairness, would never pass a tax on its mega-millionaires and billionaires. Although long considered a progressive state, Washingtonians with the least pay the largest share in state and local taxes, while the super rich - including the state’s 13 billionaires - pay far less. Smart minds knew a solution could be a capital gains tax on the stock market windfalls, but they needed a people-centered campaign to push this major change through.

Executive Director, IWN

Treasure Mackley

“The people at PowerHouse Strategic have been there from the very beginning, from logo and website design to digital ads and list building to messaging and national press outreach. They are much more than consultants, they are integral members of our campaign team.”

Invest in WA Now generated tens of thousands of public comments, emails, phone calls, and testimony to state lawmakers. With their partners, Invest in WA Now held multiple press conferences and media briefings, published op-eds and letters to the editor, and provided the communications support needed to win the state’s first ever tax on the super-rich. When the opposition took the new law to the Washington State Supreme Court, and eventually the U.S. Supreme Court, Invest in WA Now helped mount a successful defense in the courts, and with the public.

Results

Our communications and digital experts at PowerHouse Strategic took this campaign from soup to nuts, providing logo and website design, messaging, spokesperson training and management, media relations, social media management, and much more. We designed and managed targeted digital ads campaigns, petition and e-action campaigns, as well as built and managed the client’s CRM, to generate thousands of public comments to lawmakers. From our press events on the steps of the state capitol to our reporter briefings with economics experts, our team generated dozens of positive media hits for our client’s campaign. 

How We Did It

Inslee signs off on capital gains tax for wealthy and tax rebate for lower-income workers in WA

5/4/21

The Seattle Times

Winning a ground-breaking tax on Washington State’s mega-millionaires and billionaires to fund nearly $900 million per year for childcare and education through a multi-year campaign that went from the state legislature to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Expand Childcare By Taxing The Rich

Invest In WA Now

Challenge

Conventional wisdom said Washington State, known as the worst in the U.S. for tax fairness, would never pass a tax on its mega-millionaires and billionaires. Although long considered a progressive state, Washingtonians with the least pay the largest share in state and local taxes, while the super rich - including the state’s 13 billionaires - pay far less. Smart minds knew a solution could be a capital gains tax on the stock market windfalls, but they needed a people-centered campaign to push this major change through.

Executive Director, IWN

Treasure Mackley

“The people at PowerHouse Strategic have been there from the very beginning, from logo and website design to digital ads and list building to messaging and national press outreach. They are much more than consultants, they are integral members of our campaign team.”

Invest in WA Now generated tens of thousands of public comments, emails, phone calls, and testimony to state lawmakers. With their partners, Invest in WA Now held multiple press conferences and media briefings, published op-eds and letters to the editor, and provided the communications support needed to win the state’s first ever tax on the super-rich. When the opposition took the new law to the Washington State Supreme Court, and eventually the U.S. Supreme Court, Invest in WA Now helped mount a successful defense in the courts, and with the public.

Results

Our communications and digital experts at PowerHouse Strategic took this campaign from soup to nuts, providing logo and website design, messaging, spokesperson training and management, media relations, social media management, and much more. We designed and managed targeted digital ads campaigns, petition and e-action campaigns, as well as built and managed the client’s CRM, to generate thousands of public comments to lawmakers. From our press events on the steps of the state capitol to our reporter briefings with economics experts, our team generated dozens of positive media hits for our client’s campaign. 

How We Did It

Inslee signs off on capital gains tax for wealthy and tax rebate for lower-income workers in WA

5/4/21

The Seattle Times