STRATEGY BRIEF: THE MAIN STREET FIREWALL
Your Weekend Mission to Protect Local Shops
I am fighting hard for you. And the politicians in charge are starting to notice.
Together, we reached over 500,000 people online this week!
We are waking people up. But the government in Olympia is huge. If we want to keep reaching voters, I need your help.
Earlier this week, we talked about using your daily routine to fight the state’s new 9.9% income tax. Today, we are taking the next step.
The politicians called this a "Millionaire's Tax" so you wouldn't worry about it.
But that is a trick. The truth is, this tax takes money straight from small businesses. Your local diner, your plumber, and your neighborhood mechanic are the real targets.
Olympia is taking money right out of local cash registers. They want you to blame the store owner when prices go up. But the state is the one taking the money to pay for their giant government.
We refuse to play their game. And we need your help to change the math.
In response, we just released The Main Street Firewall: A Guide For Local Businesses.
It is a step-by-step plan to help business owners protect their stores, teach their customers, and fight back without going broke.
But big tech companies and the news will try to hide this guide. That is where you come in. You have something the politicians don't: you are a trusted, paying customer at these shops.
Your 4-Step Weekend Mission:
1. Read the Guide: Understand what your local businesses are facing so you can talk about it. Click here to read the Main Street Firewall.
2. Deliver the Plan: Next time you buy coffee or talk to a local worker, ask for the owner. Tell them:
"Olympia’s new tax is going to hurt businesses like yours. We are fighting this so you don't have to raise prices on us. You need to read this."
3. Share the Link: Forward this email. Post the guide on social media and in local Facebook groups. We reached 500,000 people this week. Let's double it!
4. Fund the Mission: It costs money to keep our campaign running. We need your help to print these guides, run our websites, and fight the big money in Olympia.
If local owners fight alone, the state will crush them. If we work together, we can beat Olympia in our own neighborhoods.
I am going to keep fighting for you. But I need you to share this message and help fund our team so we can keep going.
They have the bureaucracy. We have the neighborhoods. Let us get to work.
Josh Penner
State Representative
Defending the 31st. Fighting for Washington.
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