John,
Rich CEOs and their handpicked corporate politicians are terrified by the prospect of progressive leaders in Congress standing up and insisting that their communities receive the resources that they need.
They are worried that if we successfully fund the Biden administration’s proposal for $85 billion in new spending on public transit, their precious tax cuts will be gone.
Well, they should be worried.
Massive spending on public transit is a critical step in the fight against climate change, especially now that transportation is the largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.
If you agree that billionaires and millionaires must pay their fair share so we can fully invest in public transit nationwide, add your name to tell Congress that Americans want money for buses, not Bezos in the American Jobs Plan.
In 2019, transportation surpassed electricity generation as the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.
Even with some progress since then, the fuels used in our cars, trucks, trains, and planes still account for a high majority of the millions of barrels of oil our nation burns every single day.
What’s worse is that when we burn these fuels, we contribute to transportation-related air pollution, which impacts the health and well-being of low-income communities and communities of color the hardest.
We must demand modern modes of transportation that will help us in the fight against climate change... and that is exactly what President Biden’s American Jobs Plan does.
But, right now, Congress is dragging its feet because Republicans and some corporate Democrats would rather protect tax cuts for billionaires, like Jeff Bezos, than fully fund public transportation.
Do you think it’s time we finally fund clean public transit and act on climate? Then add your name to join DFA in demanding Congress make billionaires and millionaires pay their fair share so we can fund the Biden administration’s proposal on public transit.
Slowing down climate change and building up our essentially non-existent public transportation system isn’t going to come cheap, but right now we have a chance to do both just by rolling back tax cuts for billionaires.
Thanks for helping protect our environment and the health of the most vulnerable in our society by pushing Congress to fund public transit.
- Tre
Tre Graves
Campaign Organizer
Democracy for America
