Erica Williams

Executive Director @dcfpi. Formerly w/CBPP. Focused on racial, gender, economic justice. Tweets/opinions/thoughts are my own.

[DCFPI @DCFPI]

The Census Bureau released annual #ACSData today. The American Community Survey (ACS) covers 3.5 million households, making it a key source for state-level data and tells us how DC residents are faring in regards to poverty, income, and health coverage.

[Caroline Petti @pettiplease]

Prediction: DC Council will enact a BAT tax because it's the fairest way of capturing revenue from businesses not paying their share of biz taxes but availing themselves of services DC provides. @EricaWilli @DCFPI & Nick Johnson @iteptweets made a very convincing case today.

[Tazra Mitchell @TazraMitchell]

It's not lost on me that she's decrying Council for approving changes that she too approved: like use of reserves in THIS budget & another round of tax changes to preserve precious revenue. Recall her May letter (next tweet) negotiating w/Council on where the 1-time $ should go!

[Robert White @RobertWhite_DC]

This morning, I attended a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee meeting, where members advanced a deeply anti-DC bill that could devastate our economy and undermine our ability to govern our own city.

I was stunned to learn that DoorDash, a company that employs tens of thousands of Dashers in DC and partners with thousands of DC merchants, sent a letter supporting one of the biggest assaults on DC in decades.

It is absolutely outrageous that a company profiting from our city would support legislation that could do such serious harm to it.

I have contacted DoorDash and demanded an explanation. Washingtonians deserve answers, and I will report back when I receive them.

[Erica Williams @EricaWilli]

For all the folks outside of DC seeing this, I encourage you to look at the voting record on this. Are your reps part of the effort to strip us of our rights? Is this what you want them doing?

[DCFPI @DCFPI]

Today, the US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform advanced H.R. 9720, D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act, on a party-line vote, which would strip DC of control over its own tax code.

Read our statement: https://t.co/0Wi0UGCzFc

[Aparna Raj @aparnafordc]

Corporate influence on politics erodes democracy and makes life less affordable.

From pharmaceutical companies fighting universal healthcare, to oil & gas corps fueling the climate crisis, to DoorDash now trying to end DC autonomy.

It's working people vs the oligarchy.

[Erica Williams @EricaWilli]

What a joke that Door Dash says it’s lobbying against DC’s right to self-govern to protect the little guy…SMH

[Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle]

Interesting: @DoorDash is supporting the GOP bill in Congress to limit D.C.'s ability to increase or decrease taxes and fees, largely in response to the D.C. Council's recent vote in impose a new 20-cent delivery fee to help fund food-access programs. https://t.co/ttXnUWD2k4

[Alex Koma @AlexKomaDC]

A new report from DC Auditor Kathy Patterson shows public safety agencies spent ~$220 million(!) on overtime last year.

But she also found leave, not staffing, accounted for a lot of that. And she said agencies are paying "exorbitant amounts" of OT to a small # of employees.

[Whitney Jemison @WhitneyJemison]

H.R. 9720 isn't just about taxes. The bill would hand Congress veto power over huge swaths of D.C. law and block the District from cutting taxes as easily as it blocks D.C. from raising them. This is about power and the right to self-governance.

[Tazra Mitchell @TazraMitchell]

Today, the US House Oversight Committee is poised to mark up a bill that continues a series of attacks on DC’s ability to self-govern and make decisions about its own resources.

[DCFPI @DCFPI]

“We cannot keep asking the people who need the most to give the most, while asking those who have the most to give nothing more,” @BrianneKNadeau said.

Read Nadeau's proposal for a Wealth Proceeds Tax here: https://t.co/qGrPwHH4Vt

[ITEP @iteptweets]

The American tax code has spent its history widening the racial wealth gap, not closing it.

It's time to confront how tax policy has shaped inequality and build a fairer future.
https://t.co/9U4ouLNMHv

[DCFPI @DCFPI]

“...it’s just a one-time fix. By failing to take up the wealth proceeds tax, which would advance racial and tax justice, it means lawmakers are kicking the can down the road,” @TazraMitchell said.

https://t.co/QSr2IkRk3n

[Together For DC @TogetherForDC]

Thank you @CoryBooker for speaking up for #DCstatehood! DC residents have the right to elect our government representatives without threats of a federal takeover.
https://t.co/INx9vA2m9u

[Together For DC @TogetherForDC]

"After 250 years, democracy should leave no American behind."

Powerful words from @Wade4Justice. #DCStatehood now.

https://t.co/jSCNrgUWUx

[Shira @ShiraDC2]

DC Council is creating new tax breaks for developers to build housing & commercial space—in return, they must build some affordable housing, prioritize hiring DC residents & contract w/ DC businesses BUT the tax breaks lack clawbacks to ensure that happens https://t.co/rsHUBE7ZVW

[Tazra Mitchell @TazraMitchell]

Excellent letter from @ChmnMendelson to the CFO on Council using a small amount of our hefty reserves. He is correct to push back on the CFO's overreach on policy decisions and wrong definition of "balanced budget" under the Home Rule Act. Read it here: https://t.co/tEbUsGNdhM

[Together For DC @TogetherForDC]

Threatening to take away our rights because you don’t like who we vote for is authoritarian and anti-American. The right to vote for representation is fundamental to democracy.

[DCFPI @DCFPI]

Last night, President Trump threatened to revert DC to governance on a “federal basis.” The statement is the latest in this administration's pattern of interference in DC's autonomy & a direct threat to the democratic rights of DC residents. 

Read more: https://t.co/7e0rN4Z4EH

[Tazra Mitchell @TazraMitchell]

Another solid thread from national tax experts on what a Wealth Proceeds Tax would do and who would be affected---details that WaPo got wrong.