Dear friend,

This is urgent: Congress is negotiating *right now* on a bill to revive the economy. Mitch McConnell is demanding a $500 billion slush fund to bail out big corporations with no oversight and no protections for workers. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer might give it to him. We have to stop this.

What we need instead is a stimulus aimed at the grassroots -- one that helps workers, families, and small businesses. A stimulus that puts money in your pocket right away. Your voice is crucial at this decisive moment. Can you add your name?

Sign the petition and tell Congress: No slush funds for big corporations! Provide stimulus to working people and not the wealthy elite.

Democrats in the Senate yesterday blocked Mitch McConnell's effort to move ahead with his $500 billion slush fund. But negotiations are happening as you read this email, and we don't have much time to lose.

Instead, leaders like Elizabeth Warren and Maxine Waters are proposing stimulus that would actually help working people stay afloat financially as we all hunker down to stop the coronavirus.

We need to make sure any stimulus includes the following:

  • Conditions that any company that takes bailout money cannot lay off workers
  • Prohibitions against CEOs getting bonuses and shareholders getting stock buybacks
  • A guaranteed $15 minimum wage for all workers
  • Direct cash payments to working people, not to the wealthy elite
  • Forgiveness of at least some existing student loan debt
  • Funding for hospitals 
  • Financial aid to state and local governments
  • Grants to help small businesses stay afloat and reopen when quarantines are over

We also need to make sure the bill protects the November election by including a national vote-by-mail program.

In 2008 Congress passed a bad bailout that made Wall Street richer but did little for the rest of us. Mitch McConnell's bailout is even worse! But we have a great opportunity now to provide meaningful and desperately needed economic stimulus to millions of people.

Unemployment may hit 30% in the coming weeks. This is an unprecedented crisis. We need bold solutions aimed at the grassroots, not a slush fund for billionaires. Will you help send an urgent message to Congress right now?

Add your name and tell Congress: No slush funds for big corporations! Provide stimulus to working people and not the wealthy elite.

Thanks for taking action in this urgent moment,

Robert and the team at Demand Progress

 

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