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Statement “We have become a nation in which low- and middle-income working people pay taxes but the wealthiest individuals and corporations do not. That has led to historic income and wealth inequality and further entrenched the punitive racial and gender disparities we are experiencing today. Quite simply, it needs to change. In a healthy democracy, everyone pays their fair share of taxes.

Statement “Tax fairness matters to America’s moms and voters, and it’s long past time for the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share of taxes. The Billionaires Income Tax would raise $250 billion in revenue over the next decade – more than enough to cover the critical investments moms and families are counting on, including paid family/medical leave, as we try to create a just recovery from the pandemic that will allow moms, families, businesses, and our economy to thrive.

Statement “Today serves as a painful reminder of the damaging wage gap Latinas continue to face. In the United States today, Latinas are paid just 57 cents on average for every dollar paid to white men. For Latina moms, the wage gap is even more punitive: just 46 cents on the dollar compared to white dads. More than half of Latina moms are their families’ primary breadwinners, and wage discrimination makes it harder for them to put food on the table, access health care, pay for housing and other necessities, afford child care, save for college and retirement, and more.

Statement “Manuela ‘Mona’ Rodriguez was a mother, a daughter, and a sister and she should be alive today. Instead, she was shot in the back of the head and murdered by Eddie F. Gonzalez, a school safety officer. The school district was right to fire Gonzalez, who murdered Mona, and the Long Beach Police Department’s investigation should result in murder charges being filed against him. Gonzalez did not fire in self-defense or to protect a life. He was criminally reckless and must be held accountable.