John,
We’re on the verge of a historic shift in our government’s priorities. The age of tax cuts for the rich and corporations, and austerity for working families is coming to an end. Now, let’s get it done!
There is a good chance the House of Representatives will vote on the Build Back Better legislation THIS WEEK so please swing into action TODAY.
Click here to call your U.S. representative. Tell them to pass the Build Back Better legislation and to pay for it by making the rich and corporations pay their fair share.
(We’ve provided a suggested call script below to help with your call.)
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Call script:
Hello, my name is _______ and I live in ___________. I urge the congressman/woman to support the Build Back Better plan to fund healthcare, housing and jobs, help children and families and more by making billionaires and corporations pay their fair share in taxes.
- Congress must lower the everyday costs of healthcare, childcare, eldercare, college, housing and other needs of working families.
- President Biden’s Build Back Better plan will do that by making big corporations and those earning over $400,000 pay their fair share.
- It won’t raise taxes on those earning under $400,000.
- Polls show this agenda is overwhelmingly supported by the public.
Please share my thoughts with the congressman/woman. Thank you.
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Last week, President Biden and Congressional leaders released the framework of the Build Back Better legislation that we’ve been working on for months. It’s historic legislation that will close loopholes and end tax handouts to the rich and corporations―while making bold investments in working families and the environment.
Build Back Better will invest in universal preschool for all 3- and 4-year olds, make high quality childcare more affordable, expand Medicaid home care to keep older Americans and people with disabilities in their homes while paying care workers a fair wage, expand Medicare to cover hearing, extend the Child Tax Credit that is providing monthly cash payments to 35 million U.S. households, and invest in clean energy to combat the climate crisis.
This bill is 100% paid for by closing tax loopholes used by the rich and corporations, requiring a 15% corporate minimum tax to stop wealthy corporations from dodging their fair share of taxes, taxing firms that enrich shareholders rather than invest in workers, catching rich tax cheats that are evading $160 billion in taxes every year, creating a special higher tax rate for the ultra-wealthy, and more.
Small businesses and people making under $400,000 a year won’t pay any more in taxes.
Click here to call your U.S. representative and urge them to quickly pass the Build Back Better legislation to invest in working families―completely paid for by making the rich and corporations pay their fair share.
After you’ve called your representative, click here to call your U.S. senators, too!
This is the most important shift in our country’s priorities in a generation―ending trickle-down tax-cut economics for the rich and finally investing in our families and communities. Let’s get this across the finish line!
Frank Clemente
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness
