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John,
Changing the national conversation around taxes and the economy doesn’t happen in an echo chamber. That means we need to reach not just sympathetic news outlets, but also conservative and mainstream ones, in order to bring our message to an even wider audience. Take a look at these headlines from this past year:
“Frank Clemente, executive director for Americans for Tax Fairness, said Sinema’s decision is an ‘affront’ to Americans who pay their taxes. ‘Senator Sinema’s insistence on maintaining the carried interest tax loophole is an affront to everyone who pays their fair share of taxes,’ said Clemente. ‘Her support for a tax break that exclusively benefits ultra-wealthy money managers shocks the conscience.’”
In 2022, Americans for Tax Fairness’ advocacy and research was featured about 1,900 times in the media, reaching an audience of 1.6 billion views―discussing everything from billionaire greed and influence in Washington, DC to their outsized role bankrolling right-wing candidates and causes in our elections.
“In the post-Citizens United world, money is speech. And around election time, billionaires speak loudest of all. According to Americans for Tax Fairness, a tiny group of just 465 American billionaires spent $881 million on federal midterm election races. Nearly three-quarters of it, more than $643 million, came from just 20 ruling-class households.”
Together, we have changed the national conversation around wealth, power and greed―with the majority of Americans agreeing that it’s time for the rich and corporations to start paying their fair share of taxes.
Please make a year-end donation today to continue our critical work in 2023 as we seek to pass a Billionaire Minimum Income Tax so that billionaires pay taxes on their wealth gains each year, not just when they feel like it.
Thank you for being by our side as, together, we fight for a tax system and economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthy few.
Maura Quint
Campaign Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund
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John,
While greedy corporations and Wall Street millionaires and billionaires have high-priced lobbyists demanding tax breaks and loopholes to further rig our tax system and economy, you have Americans for Tax Fairness, fighting for everyday people.
In addition to your advocacy, which is critical to getting Congress to create a much fairer tax system, we’re also changing the national narrative through an aggressive media outreach strategy.
In 2022, Americans for Tax Fairness was featured nearly 1,900 times in the media, reaching an audience of 1.6 billion views.[1]
Below are just some of the headlines we influenced through our research and advocacy this past year. Check them out, then make an end-of-year donation to Americans for Tax Fairness to continue having a critical impact in our fight for a tax system where the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share.
“As of May, US billionaires had seen their wealth rise by more than $1.7 trillion – an increase of almost 60% since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, according to the Institute for Policy Studies and Americans for Tax Fairness. They could easily marshal their vast resources to make people’s lives better – or at least blunt the pain many are still feeling from the height of the pandemic.”
“American billionaires have funneled more than $881 million into federal races in the 2022 midterm elections, according to a new report Thursday that prompted warnings about billionaires’ influence in politics. The report was compiled by the nonprofit organization Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF), which has a stated mission of educating and mobilizing the public ‘to get policymakers to support comprehensive, progressive tax reform that results in greater federal revenue to reduce inequality and to meet America’s growing needs.’”
“According to a new analysis from the left-leaning Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) of IRS data obtained by ProPublica and wealth data from Forbes, 26 of the wealthiest people in America paid an average federal income tax rate of 4.8% from 2013-2018, based on ATF’s calculation of effective tax rate on wealth growth.”
From direct advocacy to members of Congress to changing the media narrative around the need for a fair tax system that works for everyone, together we are having a critical impact, holding the wealthy and corporations accountable.
Please make a year-end contribution today to power our work in the New Year!
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Thank you for all that you do to fight for a tax system and economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthy few.
Frank Clemente
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness
[1] 2022 ATF Media Highlights, Americans for Tax Fairness, Dec. 22, 2022
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