Without fair tax policies to fund California's future, there will be no way to solve the state budget problem.  For more information, to order copies of these publications, or to hold a meeting in your union local or community organization to explain these issues and motivate people to become active in the Fight for California's Future, contact CFT.

	CFT Talking Taxes: Fixing Our Future slide show (4.6 MB) A twenty five-slide Powerpoint presentation on the root causes of the state budget deficit, why it recurs each year, and how fair tax policies can successfully address restoring public education and services to the levels Californians need and deserve.  Includes presentation notes.
	CFT Talking Taxes pamphlet (5 MB)   A 20 page booklet that provides the general economic and historical background an activist needs to contribute to the movement for fair taxes, as well as specific activities to engage in, sample letters to the editor and op eds, statistics useful in discussions, and more.
	CFT Progressive Tax Policy brochure (2.3 MB) The short course:  a two sided brochure that succinctly lays out the arguments for fair tax policies, including a brief explanation of progressive versus regressive taxes, a few pertinent facts about wealth and income inequality, and a sample letter to your legislator.
	CFT Progressive Tax Policy brochure - Spanish (2.3 MB) The short course:  a two sided brochure that succinctly lays out the arguments for fair tax policies, including a brief explanation of progressive versus regressive taxes, a few pertinent facts about wealth and income inequality, and a sample letter to your legislator.
	What to say when they tell you "business/jobs will flee California" (PDF) You’ve heard the argument a million times.  If the topic comes up about the need for fair tax policies on the rich and corporations to fund public education and services, the first objection you will hear is “But businesses/the rich will leave California, and then all the jobs will be gone.”  Here are the simple, fact-based answers to this pervasive myth, spread every day by big business propaganda.
	Fact Sheet on AB 1130, "1% on the 1%" (PDF)
	Running count of the cost of Bush era tax cuts since 2001 (Citizens for Tax Justice)
	United for a Fair Economy

 
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