John,
Throughout 2020, the right-wing misinformation machine attempted to scare voters away from progressive tax policies that tax the rich and corporations to pay for critical services for working families. They spent hundreds of millions of dollars in ads, trying to convince the American people that by taxing the rich, we would break an already broken economy that favors wealth over work.
But, the American people have experienced this broken economy first hand. And thanks to your hard work, have not been fooled.
New polling, taken after the presidential election, shows that 67% of voters―and even 45% of Republicans―support raising taxes on Americans making $400,000 or more a year.
This is the tax plan that Joe Biden ran and won on: Reversing the Trump-GOP tax cuts on the rich and corporations, and investing in healthcare, education, infrastructure and more. And while the American people may be divided on many issues, they overwhelmingly agree that it is time for the wealthy and corporations to pay their fair share in taxes.
In just three weeks, a new Congress will be sworn in. And it’s up to us to remind this incoming Congress that now is the time to think big. To invest in a new economy that puts millions of people back to work and that supports our states and local communities to protect against budget cuts that will slash jobs and rip away critical services at this desperate time of need.
Congress is too-often prone to amnesia about what they ran on and who helped deliver that win. But one thing they never stop checking is the polling.
The infographic above is critical to applying pressure to Congress to act on Joe Biden’s tax fairness mandate. Make a year-end tax-deductible contribution to Americans for Tax Fairness to bring this infographic to all corners of the country and demand Congress advance a progressive tax reform plan that puts working people, not the rich and corporations, first.
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Just last week, an Americans for Tax Fairness report showed that America’s 651 billionaires grew their wealth by an astounding $1 trillion since March 18th. And this comes at a time when congressional Republicans continue to block a COVID relief plan that includes aid for working people, and state and local services.
In fact, the $1 trillion total wealth gain by those billionaires could alone pay for a $3,000 stimulus check for all 330 million Americans.
At a time when millionaires and billionaires continue to do extraordinarily well, and when state and local budgets are stretched thin due to plummeting tax revenue, we must fight for a tax plan that invests in our future instead of protecting the obscene wealth gains of the wealthy few.
Help share this infographic with millions of Americans and remind Congress that voters overwhelmingly support a tax plan that taxes the rich and corporations to build an economy that works for the many, not the few.
Together, we helped counter a multi-million dollar ad campaign during the election that was meant to scare voters. But polling shows that the American people are with us. Now it’s time to remind Congress who sent them to Washington: the people, not Wall Street millionaires and billionaires.
Thank you,
Frank Clemente
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness
