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tazramitchell.bsky.social

@tazramitchell.bsky.social

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Pronouns: she/her. Ward 7. Chief Policy & Strategy Officer at DCFPI. All views are my own.

tazramitchell.bsky.social @tazramitchell.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

It is an urgent imperative for DC to decouple from the federal tax changes. Look at how much we'll lose absent further action--with 66% of the tax cuts flowing to businesses that are doing well.

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tazramitchell.bsky.social @tazramitchell.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Failing to decouple from these tax cuts that primarily benefit the elite (see the chart) ASAP, will put much-needed local revenues at risk, as DC faces growing budget pressures and continues to suffer from extreme federal decisions that are driving down local revenues.

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tazramitchell.bsky.social @tazramitchell.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Income taxes are just part of the puzzle. ORA’s analysis takes this into account, showing an apples-to-apples comparison of regional differences across taxes. This chart shows DC taxes its residents *lower* vs neighboring jurisdictions across income levels ora-cfo.dc.gov/sites/defaul...

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tazramitchell.bsky.social @tazramitchell.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Today’s @Axios DC newsletter includes some misconceptions about taxes in DC. Looking at top tax rates, rather than effective rates, tells only part of the story. @ORAdcgov’s analysis consistently finds that DC residents’ level of tax responsibility is lower than our neighbors.

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tazramitchell.bsky.social @tazramitchell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Read Anne's full testimony here: dcfpi.org/all/funding-... It provides evidence that the PEF is boosting wages, has a return on investment of 23 percent, and is already growing the early education workforce—and delivering economic gains in all 8 wards.

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tazramitchell.bsky.social @tazramitchell.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

You would have seen the surplus in table N10-1. However, the audit was clean, DC's bond ratings are excellent, and we have 52 days of cash in our reserves.

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