UNRIG CALIFORNIa:
STOP CORPORATE FREELOADERS
WHY THIS MATTERS
End CA's CORPORATE-RIGGED TAX RULES
Californians are struggling to pay the bills: rent, medical bills, groceries, child care, and more. Working people have reached a breaking point, and Trump and his MAGA Congress have made it worse by passing cuts to services we need so they could hand corporations hundreds of billions of dollars – the same corporations who have rigged our tax code and who keep workers struggling to survive.
Unless California’s leaders step up and take action to fight against the new federal cuts and to unrig the rules, life for working people in California will start to resemble life in Mississippi, Alabama, and other corporate-dominated states.
PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE
Nearly half of profitable California corporations pay ZERO state taxes above the $800 minimum – that's significantly less than most working people. And now they're set to receive $900 billion from HR 1, paid for by stripping healthcare from millions of working families.
Protect the Safety Net
Stop the freeloading. When corporations pay poverty wages, their workers are forced to rely on public programs like Medi-Cal and CalFresh to survive. It's time to require these low-road, highly profitable employers to contribute to the cost of the safety net they exploit.
INVEST IN WORKING PEOPLE
End the massive transfer of wealth. Corporate profits have hit a record $1.87 trillion, yet workers' share of wealth is at its lowest point since 1947. It is time to design a tax code that supports shared prosperity, not just stock buybacks.
CLOSE CORPORATE TAX LOOPHOLES
Close the loopholes and end the tax shell games. We must eliminate outdated tax dodges written by corporate lobbyists. If you do business in California, you pay taxes on your real global profits. If you're profitable, you pay your taxes. Period.
Our VISION
AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR US
Fighting back against the Trump agenda means fighting back against its ultimate goal: hoarding power and wealth for the Fortune 500. We are launching a multi-year campaign to rewrite the rules so California works for the people who built it.
OUR COALITION INCLUDES
