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  John Foti · [email protected]
January 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM

RE: Tell Elon Musk and Congress: Hands off our earned benefits!

Elon Musk paid his Social Security taxes for 2025 in just 15 minutes. Now he and his allies in Congress want to slash your earned benefits to fund tax breaks for the rich. John, Elon Musk paid his entire Social Security payroll tax bill for 2025 just 15 minutes into the New Year.…
  David Kass · [email protected]
January 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM

Tell Elon Musk and Congress: Hands off our earned benefits!

Elon Musk paid his Social Security taxes for 2025 in just 15 minutes. Now he and his allies in Congress want to slash your earned benefits to fund tax breaks for the rich. John, Elon Musk paid his Social Security payroll taxes for 2025 just 15 minutes into the New Year.[1] By the…
  John Foti · [email protected]
January 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM

RE: Trump’s tax scam is back and it’s worse than ever

The same politicians and billionaires who wrote Trump’s first tax scam are back, pushing a reckless new giveaway that will leave working families behind. John, Trump’s tax scam is back and Congress is rushing to pass their new plan by the spring. Their goal is to hand the wealth…
  David Kass · [email protected]
January 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM

Trump’s tax scam is back and it’s worse than ever

The same politicians and billionaires who wrote Trump’s first tax scam are back, pushing a reckless new giveaway that will leave working families behind. John, Donald Trump and his allies in Congress are back with a plan to expand their billionaire-friendly tax scam and they want…
  David Kass · [email protected]
December 31, 2024 at 4:50 PM

Trump’s tax scam and IRS destruction plans are back

In the New Year, we’re fighting Trump’s tax scams, defending the IRS from destruction, and exposing the GOP’s assault on tax fairness. John, Trump and the GOP have declared war on tax fairness. Their first priority? Renewing the Trump-GOP tax scam, which will cost $4.6 trillion a…
  David Kass · [email protected]
December 29, 2024 at 11:19 PM

RE: Enough is enough: CEOs made 268 times what workers earned this year.

This year, we stood together to take on corporate greed and billionaire corruption. Let’s end the year by fighting for a stronger, fairer future for working families. John, Did you see Senator Bernie Sanders’ email below? We’re fighting alongside the senator to hold millionaires,…
  Bernie Sanders via Americans for Tax Fairness · [email protected]
December 28, 2024 at 9:52 PM

Enough is enough: CEOs made 268 times what workers earned this year.

This year, we stood together to take on corporate greed and billionaire corruption. Let’s end the year by fighting for a stronger, fairer future for working families. John, Working families are being squeezed by rising costs and stagnant wages while the billionaires and big corpo…
  David Kass · [email protected]
December 22, 2024 at 9:46 PM

RE: My Billionaires Income Tax could raise $557 billion

While nurses, teachers, and firefighters pay taxes out of every paycheck, billionaires live under a voluntary tax system. Let’s change that. John, I hope you saw Senator Ron Wyden’s email below. Senator Wyden is the Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, where he is shining a s…
  Sen. Ron Wyden via Americans for Tax Fairness · [email protected]
December 21, 2024 at 6:16 PM

My Billionaires Income Tax could raise $557 billion

While nurses, teachers, and firefighters pay taxes out of every paycheck, billionaires live under a voluntary tax system. Let’s change that. John, As Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, I’ve made it my mission to shine a light on how billionaires and corporations game the tax …
  John Foti · [email protected]
December 19, 2024 at 8:33 PM

RE: Don’t let billionaires dodge the estate tax

The wealthiest families are hoarding untaxed fortunes. Bernie Sanders’ For the 99.5% Act would change that. John, America’s ultra-wealthy families are set to pass down $21 trillion in untaxed fortunes, cementing dynastic wealth for generations.[1] GOP Senator John Thune, who is s…
  David Kass · [email protected]
December 18, 2024 at 9:17 PM

Don’t let billionaires dodge the estate tax

The wealthiest families are hoarding untaxed fortunes. Bernie Sanders’ For the 99.5% Act would change that. John, America is facing the largest intergenerational wealth transfer in history. If nothing changes, ultra-wealthy families will pass down $21 trillion in fortunes over th…
  John Foti · [email protected]
December 15, 2024 at 4:30 PM

RE: Trump's IRS pick threatens to gut tax enforcement of the rich and corporations

Trump’s pick for IRS Commissioner has a long history of trying to abolish the agency. John, Donald Trump’s latest plan to help his billionaire buddies? Nominating a former congressman to lead the IRS who previously sought to abolish it. Billy Long co-sponsored bills to replace in…
  David Kass · [email protected]
December 14, 2024 at 6:28 PM

Trump's IRS pick threatens to gut tax enforcement of the rich and corporations

Trump’s pick for IRS Commissioner has a long history of trying to abolish the agency. John, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the IRS, former Congressman Billy Long, has one goal: to dismantle the agency from within. During his time in Congress, Long co-sponsored a bill to abolish the …
  John Foti · [email protected]
December 13, 2024 at 7:47 PM

RE: Protect the IRS and tax fairness—fight back today!

Trump’s nominee for IRS Commissioner has spent his career trying to dismantle the agency. Help us stop this dangerous scheme today. John, IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel was appointed by President Biden to a five-year term that ends in 2027. He was chosen for his nonpartisan expert…
  David Kass · [email protected]
December 12, 2024 at 6:51 PM

Protect the IRS and tax fairness—fight back today!

Trump’s nominee for IRS Commissioner has spent his career trying to dismantle the agency. Help us stop this dangerous scheme today. John, Donald Trump’s latest move to protect his billionaire allies? Nominating Billy Long, a former congressman with a radical history of trying to …
  David Kass · [email protected]
December 11, 2024 at 1:23 AM

Medicaid cuts that enrich billionaires? Not on our watch

Republicans want to cut Medicaid to fund $4.6 trillion in tax breaks for the wealthy. We need your voice to stop them. John, Congressional Republicans are planning an outrageous attack on America’s healthcare safety net. Their scheme? To slash Medicaid[1]—a program millions of fa…
  John Foti · [email protected]
December 9, 2024 at 2:34 PM

RE: Veterans’ healthcare is facing $119 billion in funding cuts to pay for tax cuts for the rich

Republicans, led by Trump, Musk, and Ramaswamy, are preparing to slash critical programs to pay for trillions of dollars in tax cuts for the rich and corporations. John, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, key people in Donald Trump’s radical “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOG…
  David Kass · [email protected]
December 7, 2024 at 7:01 PM

Veterans’ healthcare is facing $119 billion in funding cuts to pay for tax cuts for the rich

GOP leaders want to slash Medicaid, SNAP, and clean energy programs to pay for trillions of dollars in tax breaks for millionaires, billionaires, and corporations. Speak out now before it’s too late! John, The Republican plan to extend Trump's tax cuts would add a staggering $4.6…
  David Kass · [email protected]
December 5, 2024 at 8:52 PM

Musk and Ramaswamy’s DOGE will gut our democracy

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy want to dismantle essential public services under the guise of "efficiency." We’re fighting back. John, Billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have been tapped by Donald Trump to lead the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) u…
  David Kass · [email protected]
December 3, 2024 at 7:37 PM

Billionaires want even bigger tax cuts

Wall Street’s lobbyists are flooding the halls of Congress to secure even bigger tax breaks for the ultra-rich. Fight back with your Giving Tuesday gift today. John, Lobbyists for billionaires and corporate giants are blanketing Capitol Hill, determined to secure bigger tax cuts …
  David Kass · [email protected]
November 29, 2024 at 7:46 PM

Reject Trump’s $48 Billion Black Friday Giveaway

On the biggest shopping day of the year, Fortune 100 corporations are set to pocket a $48 billion annual tax break under Trump’s new plan. John, Black Friday is here, a day when millions of Americans search for deals to stretch their holiday budgets. But for Fortune 100 corporati…
  David Kass · [email protected]
November 27, 2024 at 7:31 PM

Big Grocery gets richer this Thanksgiving

Corporate grocery giants are enjoying record profits this Thanksgiving while families face rising costs. Trump wants to hand them a $1.7 billion tax cut. John, This Thanksgiving, while families are gathering around the dinner table and stretching their grocery budgets, corporate …
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
November 26, 2024 at 4:20 PM

RE: Trump’s billionaire cabinet is fighting for themselves, not for the American people

Billionaires in Trump’s cabinet are destroying programs for families while hoarding more wealth. Act now to stop this oligarchic takeover. John, America's 815 billionaire oligarchs, by a recent count, controlled an unprecedented $6.7 TRILLION of our nation's wealth. In just one w…
  David Kass · [email protected]
November 25, 2024 at 10:45 PM

Trump’s billionaire cabinet is fighting for themselves, not for the American people

Billionaires in Trump’s cabinet are destroying programs for families while hoarding more wealth. Act now to stop this oligarchic takeover. John, Our new reports reveal that the combined wealth of the new Trump administration— including president, vice president, transition team, …
  David Kass · [email protected]
November 21, 2024 at 7:11 PM

URGENT: Protect Social Security from Trump and Musk's attacks

Trump's appointing billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to target Social Security while pushing a $5 trillion tax scam mostly for the wealthy. John, Donald Trump and his billionaire allies have revealed their true agenda: slash Social Security and Medicare to pay for trilli…
  John Foti · [email protected]
November 20, 2024 at 6:16 PM

RE: IRS funding is under attack. Help defend it now.

The IRS recovered $1.3 billion from wealthy tax cheats in just one year. Now, GOP lawmakers want to slash $20 billion from IRS funding, crippling efforts to make the rich pay their fair share. John, Over the past year, the IRS has recovered $1.3 billion from wealthy tax cheats, m…
  David Kass · [email protected]
November 19, 2024 at 9:06 PM

IRS funding is under attack. Help defend it now.

The IRS recovered $1.3 billion from wealthy tax cheats in just one year. Now, GOP lawmakers want to slash $20 billion from IRS funding, crippling efforts to make the rich pay their fair share. John, When wealthy tax cheats don’t pay what they owe, working families suffer. But tha…
  John Foti · [email protected]
November 17, 2024 at 9:34 PM

RE: URGENT: GOP wants to slash IRS funding by December 20

House Republicans are pushing for massive IRS budget cuts that would help wealthy tax cheats avoid paying what they owe while hurting services for working families. John, For too long, the ultra-wealthy and big corporations have exploited an IRS that Congressional Republicans hav…
  David Kass · [email protected]
November 16, 2024 at 9:10 PM

URGENT: GOP wants to slash IRS funding by December 20

House Republicans are pushing for massive IRS budget cuts that would help wealthy tax cheats avoid paying what they owe while hurting services for working families. John, Billionaires are making their move. With Congress facing a December 20th deadline to keep the government runn…
  John Foti · [email protected]
November 15, 2024 at 5:17 PM

RE: Elon Musk wants $2 trillion in cuts. Guess who gets hurt?

Elon Musk pledged $180M to elect Trump while proposing $2T in federal cuts. Here's what that means for Social Security and Medicare. John, Trump’s tax cuts, mostly for the rich and corporations, cost the country trillions. And now Republicans are at it again as they push to renew…
  David Kass · [email protected]
November 14, 2024 at 10:50 PM

Elon Musk wants $2 trillion in cuts. Guess who gets hurt?

Elon Musk pledged $180M to elect Trump while proposing $2T in federal cuts. Here's what that means for Social Security and Medicare. John, Next year, Republicans in Congress will double down on their disastrous Trump tax scam, trying to hand out another $5 trillion in tax cuts th…
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
November 11, 2024 at 10:36 PM

RE: The most dangerous tax policy in modern American history is about to get a second life

Republicans are preparing to resurrect the most corrupt tax policy in modern history. John, The Trump tax scam from 2017 showered billionaires and corporations with enormous giveaways, cutting the corporate tax rate by two-fifths, from 35% to 21% while communities nationwide were…
  David Kass · [email protected]
November 9, 2024 at 7:36 PM

The most dangerous tax policy in modern American history is about to get a second life

Republicans are preparing to resurrect the most corrupt tax policy in modern history. John, Most of the Trump tax scam is set to expire next year and congressional Republicans are already plotting to renew it or possibly make these devastating handouts permanent. Trump’s tax pla…
  David Kass · [email protected]
November 5, 2024 at 7:43 PM

Get out and vote today

Today is Election Day! If you haven’t yet, go out and vote. John, Election Day is here, and it’s time to take a stand for a fairer economy. Billionaire families, just 150 of them, have poured $1.9 billion into this election. To them, it's a drop in the bucket―less than 0.07% of t…
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
November 3, 2024 at 5:20 PM

RE: Billionaires are buying this election. Here’s how you can help stop them.

150 billionaire families have poured nearly $2 billion into this year’s election, trying to buy control over our democracy. If we don’t act, they’ll succeed. John, With billionaire-owned media outlets like The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times now refusing to endorse a pr…
  David Kass · [email protected]
November 1, 2024 at 9:45 PM

Billionaires are buying this election. Here’s how you can help stop them.

150 billionaire families have poured nearly $2 billion into this year’s election, trying to buy control over our democracy. If we don’t act, they’ll succeed. John, A staggering $1.9 billion in billionaire cash has flooded into this election already, with the man heading up the ri…
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
October 31, 2024 at 5:31 PM

RE: $2 billion in billionaire cash is corrupting our democracy

150 billionaire families have spent nearly $2 billion to sway the 2024 election and silence the voices of working people. John, This election isn’t just about candidates, it’s about who really holds the power. Our new report has exposed how 150 billionaire families are pooling …
  David Kass · [email protected]
October 30, 2024 at 8:01 PM

$2 billion in billionaire cash is corrupting our democracy

150 billionaire families have spent nearly $2 billion to sway the 2024 election and silence the voices of working people. John, The Financial Times reported billionaire spending in the 2024 election has hit $695 million, but that number barely scratches the surface.[1] Our new r…
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
October 26, 2024 at 6:46 PM

RE: Stop Boeing’s corporate greed and save 17,000 Jobs

Boeing just announced it’s cutting 10% of its workforce. That’s 17,000 jobs gone while Boeing spends $68 billion to enrich wealthy shareholders. John, Boeing’s mass layoff of 17,000 workers isn’t the result of financial struggle or market downturns. Boeing isn’t in survival mode.…
  David Kass · [email protected]
October 25, 2024 at 7:16 PM

Boeing is laying off 10% of workers after its decade-long stock buyback bonanza

Boeing just announced it’s cutting 10% of its workforce. That’s 17,000 jobs gone while Boeing spends $68 billion to enrich wealthy shareholders. John, Boeing just revealed plans to slash 10% of its workforce—17,000 jobs—while funneling billions into stock buybacks and executive p…
  John Foti · [email protected]
October 23, 2024 at 6:50 PM

RE: Billionaires have spent $1.4 billion to buy our democracy

As billionaires like Elon Musk and Miriam Adelson pour millions into buying the 2024 election, Americans for Tax Fairness is working hard to expose their dark money machine. Can we count on your support to keep fighting? John, With just under two weeks until Election Day, the bil…
  David Kass · [email protected]
October 22, 2024 at 9:41 PM

Billionaires have spent $1.4 billion to buy our democracy

As billionaires like Elon Musk and Miriam Adelson pour millions into buying the 2024 election, Americans for Tax Fairness is working hard to expose their dark money machine. Can we count on your support to keep fighting? John, With just two weeks left in the 2024 election, some b…
  John Foti · [email protected]
October 20, 2024 at 10:37 PM

RE: We must hold these tax-dodging, price-gouging corporations accountable

Our new report exposes how corporations avoid billions in taxes while raising prices on essential goods. Take action to demand Congress raise the corporate tax rate to 35%. John, The response to our call for raising corporate taxes has been overwhelming. But with corporations spe…
  David Kass · [email protected]
October 19, 2024 at 8:06 PM

We must hold these tax-dodging, price-gouging corporations accountable

Our new report exposes how corporations avoid billions in taxes while raising prices on essential goods. Take action to demand Congress raise the corporate tax rate to 35%. John, As working people nationwide struggle with persistently high prices for groceries, gas, and other ess…
  David Kass · [email protected]
October 17, 2024 at 9:03 PM

Make your voting plan TODAY

With voter suppression on the rise, your right to vote may be at risk. Here's how to fight back and make your voice heard. John, We're less than three weeks away from the most consequential election of our lifetime, and the stakes couldn't be higher. But as voters prepare to cast …
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
October 15, 2024 at 5:21 PM

RE: Tell cable news to cover this new report on Trump’s tax plan

A groundbreaking new analysis exposes how Trump's tax proposals would impact low-income, middle-class, and rich Americans. Help us demand the media cover this crucial information. John, During his first term in office, Donald Trump passed a tax plan that added trillions of dollar…
  David Kass · [email protected]
October 14, 2024 at 3:14 PM

Tell cable news to cover this new report on Trump’s tax plan

A groundbreaking new analysis exposes how Trump's tax proposals would impact low-income, middle-class, and rich Americans. Help us demand the media cover this crucial information. John, A new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) has analyzed how much D…
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
October 11, 2024 at 3:30 PM

RE: Corporate greed exposed: See how 12 companies are rigging the system

Our stunning new infographic lays bare how 12 mega-corporations are dodging taxes and exploiting workers. John, In a new Americans for Tax Fairness Report, A Dirty Dozen of Big Firms That Underpay Their Taxes, we highlight 12 large, profitable corporations that are putting shareh…
  David Kass · [email protected]
October 10, 2024 at 8:31 PM

Corporate greed exposed: See how 12 companies are rigging the system

Our stunning new infographic lays bare how 12 mega-corporations are dodging taxes and exploiting workers. John, The numbers don't lie, but corporations sure do. That’s why we just released a damning new report that pulls back the curtain on 12 of America's largest corporations, e…
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
October 9, 2024 at 11:16 PM

RE: Amazon's Prime Days of tax dodging

As Amazon rakes in billions during Prime Day, we need to know how much they are spending to keep their tax bill near zero. John, Day two of Prime Day is almost over, but that won’t stop Amazon and its founder, Jeff Bezos, from spending on a different kind of shopping spree – lobb…