Missed the Zoom call with Elizabeth Warren, Pramila Jayapal, Brendan
Boyle, and Heather McGhee last night?
[ [link removed] ]Click here to watch!
[ [link removed] ]Watch Elizabeth Warren, Pramila Jayapal, and Brendan Boyle on
mobilizing to include a wealth tax in Democrats' Build Back Better plan.
On a national call hosted by Americans For Tax Fairness which the PCCC
partnered on, Elizabeth Warren gave 3 reasons Democrats should include a
wealth tax in the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better plan for clean energy
and human infrastructure:
1. We need to invest the money.
2. It's the only way to make the system fairer.
3. This is what America wants us to do. This doesn't make it harder to
make investments in childcare and fighting climate change. It makes it
easier.
But with Congress hashing out the details of the plan this week and next,
Warren had this warning: "This is it. This is our chance, and we are
running out of time."
Can you call your members of Congress right now and tell them you support
paying for the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better investments by making
billionaires pay their fair share?
YES - [ [link removed] ]I'll call Representative Brendan Boyle and Senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey now. Give me their phone
numbers and a call script.
NO - [ [link removed] ]I can't call right now, but I can chip in $3 to support PCCC's
ongoing organizing to make billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and
Mark Zuckerberg pay their fair share!
On the call, Warren said while we have a majority in the House, a majority
in the Senate, and a Democrat in the White House, Democrats are setting
the stage for where America is going next as a nation. Warren spoke to
many of the investments the Build Back Better plan will make:
"Universal child care, universal pre-K, raising the wages of every
childcare worker and preschool teacher in America. This what that will
mean for the 1 in 4 mothers who are not in work right now and say the
problem is childcare. It's good for the mommies and daddies that want to
go to work, good for the childcare workers, and good for our babies.
"We also are talking about making an investment in community colleges and
historically black colleges and universities. Big investments to create
more opportunities for people who've been shut out for far too long.
"Investments in getting more housing in America. Housing for low-income
folks and housing for middle-income folks. Housing for seniors, housing
for people with disabilities, housing for people who were previously
incarcerated.
"We're talking about expanding Medicare, lowering the age of eligibility
to 62 -- that's still on the table. We're talking about expanding the
coverage for Medicare: hearing, dental, vision. Things people really need.
And, expanding the program overall so the states that have cut out their
citizens -- so those people have a chance to be covered too.
"We've got a lot here, and -- the biggest investment ever in fighting
climate change."
Then Warren added "Here's the thing. This is not simply about where we can
invest. This is also about how we make this a better country if we ask
those at the top to pay a wealth tax. When we say we're going to pay for
this package by making billionaires step up and carry their end of this
bucket, we are actually producing a plan that is more popular across the
board."
Can you call your members of Congress today and urge them to pay for these
Build Back Better investments by making billionaires pay their fair share?
YES - [ [link removed] ]I'll call Representative Brendan Boyle and Senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey now.
NO - [ [link removed] ]I can't call right now, but I will donate to the PCCC's ongoing
work to make billionaires pay their fair share.
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is proud to be partners on this
push with Americans For Tax Fairness, MoveOn, Indivisible, Patriotic
Millionaires, Tax March, Moms Rising, Public Citizen, Our Revolution,
Health Care For America Now, People's Action, Coalition On Human Needs,
CAP Action, Network, Faith in Public Life, and unions including the
AFL-CIO, SEIU, CWA, NAACP, NEA, AFT, and UFCW.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- The PCCC Team ([ [link removed] ]@BoldProgressive)
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