Dear MoveOn member,

This is Ben and Jerry—and we agree with Representative Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez: [ [link removed] ]It's time to tax the rich!

Two months ago, [ [link removed] ]more than 80,000 MoveOn members joined us in calling on
President Biden and Congress to make the ultra-wealthy and corporations
pay their fair share. Now, Congress is debating whom to tax and how
much—and the public is debating it as well, thanks in part to Rep.
Ocasio-Cortez pushing that message. Even President Biden has said the
ultra-wealthy should be paying their fair share!

But huge tax-dodging corporations like ExxonMobil, Capital One, and Pfizer
have launched a massive lobbying campaign to pressure House Democrats.
They're hoping to water down the policies in President Biden's Build Back
Better Agenda that would finally make them pay their fair share, ahead of
votes in both the House and the Senate in the coming weeks.

[ [link removed] ]So, if you agree that the ultra-wealthy should pay their fair share,
tell President Biden and Congress: Tax the rich! Make the ultra-wealthy
and corporations pay their fair share!

Thanks!

—Ben and Jerry

You can see our original email from July below!

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 [ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Tax the ultra-wealthy and corporations more so they
pay their fair share!

Dear MoveOn member,

This is Ben and Jerry.

Yup. Ol' Ben and Ol' Jerry.

The ice cream guys. The people, not the corporation. And here's what's on
our mind: Jeff Bezos and taxes.

You see, Jeff Bezos blasted himself into space. Elon Musk is on deck. And
if this billionaire space race reminds us of one thing, it's this:
Billionaires like Bezos and Musk just aren't paying their fair share of
taxes thanks to the GOP tax scam.^1

Despite being among the world's richest billionaires, Bezos and Musk pay a
tax rate lower than many of us. Massive corporations like Amazon regularly
avoid paying federal taxes. Even guys like us who got rich selling ice
cream should be paying more (we're not "blast ourselves into space"
ultra-wealthy, but we get by).

[ [link removed] ]Please ... tax us more—and especially tax the ultra-wealthy and
corporations more so they pay their fair share!

Jeff Bezos will become hundreds of thousands of dollars richer in the time
you take to read this sentence—and will pay nearly no income taxes thanks
to Republican tax schemes that benefit the ultra-wealthy. It's time that
Bezos, billionaires, and corporations pay their fair share, to reduce the
burden on regular taxpayers and to let our country properly fund
education, health care, jobs, and other critical needs.

[6]Sign the petition

A few years ago, Republicans and Donald Trump passed a tax scheme to
benefit the ultra-wealthy and corporations—while shifting the burden onto
the rest of us and underfunding critical infrastructure and our social
safety net. We opposed that tax break then. And we oppose it now,
especially when there's so much need for tax revenue to really rebuild our
country.

We have the chance to change this right now. The Senate and House could
pass tax laws that force the ultra-wealthy and corporations to pay their
fair share. This would reduce the burden on the working class, while also
investing in infrastructure, Social Security, health care, education,
combating climate change, and so much more.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress: Tax Jeff Bezos so he and other billionaires, the
ultra-wealthy, and corporations pay their fair share. Yes, you can even
tax us—Ben and Jerry—more as well!

Thanks for all you do.

—Ben and Jerry, the people, not the corporation

Source:

1. "Richest Americans—Including Bezos, Musk And Buffett—Paid Federal
Income Taxes Equaling Just 3.4% Of $401 Billion In New Wealth, Bombshell
Report Shows," Forbes, June 8, 2021
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