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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
May 17, 2021 at 7:03 PM

LIVE: Virtual Tax (Fairness) Day rally to fight for President Biden’s agenda

You paid your taxes. But what about billionaires and big corporations? John, Join Americans for Tax Fairness, our allies and a great group of speakers for a virtual Tax (Fairness) Day Rally happening now! >> We’re fighting for President Biden’s plans to invest in our count…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
May 15, 2021 at 2:31 PM

This is how President Biden’s tax and investment plan can also invest in a green future >>

We need an immediate investment in addressing the climate crisis. And we know how to do it. Tell Congress: “Congress must support Joe Biden’s jobs and infrastructure bill that is big, bold and green so we can meet the enormous challenges we face -- and corporate taxes will fo…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
May 14, 2021 at 6:25 PM

You paid your taxes. But what about billionaires and big corporations?

This Tax Day, let’s demand the rich and corporations start paying their fair share in taxes >> John, This Tax Day, billionaires and big corporations will take advantage of our rigged tax code to avoid paying their fair share in taxes. But there’s something we can do. Presi…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
May 12, 2021 at 2:37 PM

RE: Under President Biden’s plan, tax cheats will pay $700 billion more in taxes

We’re building massive support for President Biden’s tax and investment plans. And our campaign is working. John, The American people overwhelmingly support President Biden’s plans to tax the rich and invest in our future. But these plans are meeting strong opposition in Congress…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
May 11, 2021 at 3:50 PM

Under President Biden’s plan, tax cheats will pay $700 billion more in taxes

We’re building massive support for President Biden’s tax and investment plans. And our campaign is working. John, President Biden needs our help. The president is calling for the most ambitious investment in US jobs, the environment, education and our communities in generations.…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
May 8, 2021 at 2:20 PM

This is how President Biden plans to unrig our broken tax system:

Right now, the wealthy pay a lower tax rate on investment income than many regular working people pay on wages. John, We’ve been throwing a lot of ideas and plans at you lately, courtesy of President Biden: The American Jobs Plan; the Made in America Tax Plan; the American Familie…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
May 5, 2021 at 2:22 PM

RE: TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress it’s time for the rich to pay their fair share in taxes

The uneven pandemic recovery is largely a result of a rigged economy and tax system that for years has left many communities behind. John, President Biden wants to invest in healthcare, childcare, education and more by more fairly taxing the wealthy, especially Wall Street tycoon…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
May 4, 2021 at 3:11 PM

TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress it’s time for the rich to pay their fair share in taxes

The uneven pandemic recovery is largely a result of a rigged economy and tax system that for years has left many communities behind. Tell Congress: “The American people overwhelmingly agree that it’s time for the rich to pay their fair share in taxes. This will raise trillion…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
April 30, 2021 at 2:31 PM

RE: President Biden: “It’s time for corporate America and the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans to just begin to pay their fair share.”

“Trickle-down economics has never worked” John, President Biden has a vision for our country that rivals FDR’s New Deal. And he pays for it by making the rich and corporations pay their fair share in taxes. We’re building massive support for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity t…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
April 29, 2021 at 6:27 PM

NEW GRAPHIC: President Biden’s American Families Plan invests in working families by making the rich pay their fair share in taxes

“Trickle-down economics has never worked” John, Last night, President Biden delivered a vision for our future that, if implemented, will transform American society―creating good-paying jobs for the future, raising wages, and investing in our children and communities. We have a l…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
April 28, 2021 at 7:33 PM

This tax increase has Wall Street running scared:

The president’s capital gains reforms would tax wealth like work, limit the creation of economic dynasties and raise at least $300 billion in revenue that we can use to create millions of jobs and invest in our communities and our future. John, Making the rich play by the same ru…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
April 27, 2021 at 4:54 PM

It’s time to tax wealth like work. This is what that means:

When Warren Buffet says that he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary, this is exactly what he’s talking about. John, The biggest source of income for the super-rich isn’t income from work―it’s income from selling stocks, profitable businesses and other assets. During the pre…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
April 23, 2021 at 2:22 PM

RE: Tell Congress: Pass President Biden’s plan to make Corporate America pay its fair share in taxes

We need Congress to act. John, We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest in our country’s future. But we’re up against conservatives and Corporate America who want to protect corporate profits at all cost. Right now, we have a president who is proposing to raise $2.5 t…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
April 22, 2021 at 3:35 PM

Tell Congress: Pass President Biden’s plan to make Corporate America pay its fair share in taxes

We need Congress to act. Tell Congress: “President Biden has proposed to make the largest investment in U.S. jobs, workers and communities in generations. And he pays for it by making corporations pay their fair share. Pass the president’s $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan and…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
April 18, 2021 at 3:21 PM

RE: We’re beating Wall Street at their own game

We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to unrig our broken tax system and ensure the rich and corporations are paying their fair share. John, We’re winning the media war on taxing the rich and corporations. Check out Andrea’s email below, highlighting two recent articles in New…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
April 17, 2021 at 1:20 PM

We’re beating Wall Street at their own game

We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to unrig our broken tax system and ensure the rich and corporations are paying their fair share. John, We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to unrig our broken tax system and ensure the rich and corporations are paying their fair share…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
April 15, 2021 at 3:00 PM

How much have Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk profited during the pandemic?

Together, we’re demanding an equitable pandemic recovery that creates jobs and supports social, racial and economic justice. John, Between 2010 and 2020 U.S. billionaires' wealth grew by $1.35 trillion. But, over just the last 13 months, their wealth has grown by $1.61 trillion―mo…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
April 14, 2021 at 2:26 PM

RE: ADD YOUR NAME: Tell President Biden to keep his campaign promise to strengthen the estate tax

Strengthening the federal estate tax would curb the creation of dangerous family dynasties while raising hundreds of billions of dollars for jobs and public services. John, Strengthening the federal estate tax would curb the creation of dangerous family dynasties while raising hu…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
April 13, 2021 at 7:01 PM

ADD YOUR NAME: Tell President Biden to keep his campaign promise to strengthen the estate tax

Strengthening the federal estate tax would curb the creation of dangerous family dynasties while raising hundreds of billions of dollars for jobs and public services. Tell President Biden: “Include a strengthened estate tax in your forthcoming tax and investment plan known as…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
April 11, 2021 at 3:20 PM

We have 130K signers in support of Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax. Can you help us get to 150K?

Together, let’s end our rigged tax system that favors wealth over work. John, The American people are hungry for a massive investment in our future―to rebuild infrastructure, invest in green energy, create a caring economy and create millions of good-paying jobs. But moderates and…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
April 10, 2021 at 2:31 PM

RE: 55 corporations paid $0 in federal income taxes in 2020, on $40.5 billion in profits

What do FedEx, Nike and Hewlett-Packard have in common? Each paid $0 in federal corporate income taxes last year John, President Biden is meeting resistance in the U.S. Senate on his $2 trillion corporate tax plan―even while it’s supported by the majority of the American people. H…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
April 9, 2021 at 3:19 PM

What do FedEx, Nike and Hewlett-Packard have in common? Each paid $0 in federal corporate income taxes last year

Help us shine a spotlight on corporate tax avoidance schemes and build support for President Biden’s Made in America Tax Plan. John, Corporate America has never had it so good. A new report from our friends at ITEP shows that 55 of the largest U.S. corporations paid $0 in federal…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
April 7, 2021 at 2:02 PM

RE: TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to pass President Biden’s Made in America Tax Plan to tax big corporations

It’s time for corporations to pay their fair share so we can create jobs John, President Biden wants to raise $2 trillion by making America’s corporations pay their fair share in taxes. And he’ll use this revenue to make the largest investment in generations―in workers, communiti…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
April 6, 2021 at 10:41 PM

TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to pass President Biden’s Made in America Tax Plan to tax big corporations

President Biden’s Made in America Tax Plan will generate $2 trillion in revenue to invest in jobs and our country’s future. Tell Congress: “We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invest in our country’s future. Support President Biden’s Made in America Tax Plan to raise …
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
April 3, 2021 at 9:20 PM

This Trump-era rule change would put Big Pharma greed ahead of our health

We have until Monday at midnight ET to demand the NIST reject this Big Pharma giveaway. Tell the federal government: "Reject a Trump-era rule change that would allow Big Pharma to price gouge the American people on taxpayer-funded medical advancements." Join Us! …
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
March 31, 2021 at 9:41 PM

BREAKING: President Biden introduces his “Made in America Tax Plan” to invest in our future

Together, we know we can invest in jobs, families and our future when the rich and corporations pay their fair share. John, President Biden just introduced a major jobs and investment plan—financed by his “Made in America Tax Plan,” which is a homerun. To finance his plan to rep…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
March 30, 2021 at 5:53 PM

Republicans always ask: “But how will you pay for it?”

Together, we’re demanding an investment in people, families and communities―paid for through modest taxes on the wealthy and corporations. John, Tomorrow, Joe Biden will address the nation and provide his vision to Build Back Better―starting with rebuilding our crumbling infrast…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
March 27, 2021 at 3:23 PM

RE: SIGN NOW: Tell Congress to pass Bernie Sanders’s new bill to create jobs and invest in working families and communities across the country.

What happens when millionaires and billionaires pass their wealth on to their heirs? John, As millionaires and billionaires pass their wealth along to their heirs―often tax free―we are seeing dynasties form in the U.S. This increases inequality, limits our ability to invest in ou…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
March 26, 2021 at 6:02 PM

SIGN NOW: Tell Congress to pass Bernie Sanders’s new bill to create jobs and invest in working families and communities across the country.

What happens when millionaires and billionaires pass their wealth on to their heirs? Tell Congress: "Pass the For the 99.5% Act to provide a meaningful constraint on the growing and harmful concentration of wealth inequality in America." Join Us! John, We ha…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
March 25, 2021 at 4:43 PM

TODAY: Bernie Sanders introduces a new bill to tax the estates of millionaires and billionaires

Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Jimmy Gomez have introduced the For the 99.5% Act, to strengthen the Estate Tax and raise $430 billion to invest in working families and communities. John, Did you know that the richest 1% of Americans own nearly 32% of the nation’s wealt…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
March 24, 2021 at 7:25 PM

RE: New Report: Billionaires wealth gains, one year into pandemic

How we’re impacting Joe Biden’s focus on taxing the rich John, Check out this recent headline: President Biden’s focus on taxing the rich ― one year into a pandemic that has seen billionaire wealth increase by $1.3 trillion, or 45% ― is thanks to your activism and support. N…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
March 23, 2021 at 4:52 PM

How we’re impacting Joe Biden’s focus on taxing the rich

We have more proposals on the way to make sure the rich are paying their fair share. John, Together, we’re having a major impact on President Biden’s focus on taxing the rich to invest in our country’s future. This week, one-year into the pandemic, Americans for Tax Fairness rel…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
March 20, 2021 at 3:59 PM

RE: Joe Manchin wants to raise taxes on the wealthy. Can we get him on board with Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax?

Joe Manchin wants to raise taxes on the wealthy. We agree! John, Joe Manchin has indicated that he’s only willing to pass President Biden’s forthcoming infrastructure and climate investments if they’re 100% paid for.[1] And, as the swing vote in the Senate, he yields massive powe…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
March 19, 2021 at 4:47 PM

Joe Manchin wants to raise taxes on the wealthy. Can we get him on board with Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax?

We’re growing support for Senator Warren’s recently introduced wealth tax. John, The American Rescue Plan passed the Senate 50-49, with Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) proving to be the decisive vote. Manchin is relishing his newly realized power as a swing vote in the evenly divided…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
March 14, 2021 at 6:25 PM

RE: The American Rescue Plan just raised taxes on the rich and corporations. And we’re just getting started!

We just successfully repealed the “Millionaires Giveaway” (partially)! Let me explain. John, We just successfully repealed the “Millionaires Giveaway” (partially)! Let me explain. Included in President Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan is the beginning of the tax reform…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
March 13, 2021 at 6:38 PM

The American Rescue Plan just raised taxes on the rich and corporations. And we’re just getting started!

Next up is Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax! John, One year ago, Senate Republicans snuck the “Millionaires Giveaway” into the very first COVID relief package. It gave tax breaks averaging $1.6 million to 43,000 millionaires. But, in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan―signed by…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 25, 2021 at 3:00 PM

The U.S. House is expected to vote on the pandemic package tomorrow! Call your representative and urge them to vote YES on pandemic relief.

At a time when millionaires and billionaires have never had it so good, we need to make sure that critical aid is reaching people, families and communities most in need. John, Tomorrow, the U.S. House is expected to vote on President Biden’s $1.9 trillion comprehensive pandemic r…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 23, 2021 at 6:49 PM

[take action] Tell Congress to pass robust pandemic relief THIS WEEK

We need a pandemic relief package that meets the urgency of the moment. Tell Congress: "Pass a robust COVID relief package immediately to provide people and communities with the URGENT assistance we need." Join Us! John, Last night, President Biden marked a …
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  Mark Rickling · [email protected]
February 21, 2021 at 4:33 PM

RE: Scrap the cap!

Are you still paying into Social Security? Millionaires aren’t. John, With every paycheck we earn, we pay into our earned benefits with the knowledge that Social Security will be there for us in retirement, or if we become disabled or lose our spouse. But, while you and I pay in…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 20, 2021 at 8:26 PM

Scrap the cap!

While you and I pay into Social Security on all of our earnings, that’s not the case for millionaires and billionaires. John, This week, millionaires stop paying into Social Security. That’s because once you earn $142,800 in a year, you stop contributing to Social Security. But …
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  Mark Rickling · [email protected]
February 18, 2021 at 5:27 PM

RE: Tell Congress: U.S. taxpayers should not pay for Big Pharma’s opioid-abuse settlement

Big Pharma is once again ripping off the American people. John, Big Pharma is once again ripping off the American people. This time, they’re getting us to pay for $4.6 billion out of the $26 billion they have agreed to pay in opioid-abuse settlements with state and local governme…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 17, 2021 at 5:05 PM

[take action] Stop these pharmaceutical corporations from receiving $4.6 billion in tax breaks from U.S. taxpayers

It is past time for Congress to serve the people, not the special interests. Tell Congress: "Stop pharmaceutical corporations who are responsible for the opioid epidemic from sticking U.S. taxpayers with the tab of their settlement. Close these corporate tax loopholes they ar…
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  Mark Rickling · [email protected]
February 13, 2021 at 4:47 PM

RE: TAKE ACTION: We have a once in a lifetime opportunity to drastically reduce poverty and lift up millions of children and families

Republicans seem to always find a way to justify tax breaks for the rich John, Next week is absolutely critical to passing a robust COVID relief bill and ensuring it helps as many millions of people as possible. Already, each separate component of the pandemic relief package has…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 12, 2021 at 5:59 PM

This provision in the COVID relief plan would lift 4 million children out of poverty:

Next week is absolutely critical to passing a robust COVID relief bill and ensuring it reaches as many millions of people as possible. Tell Congress: "Right now, we have a real opportunity to improve the lives of millions of children and cut childhood poverty virtually in hal…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 11, 2021 at 5:50 PM

New polling shows President Biden’s agenda is good policy and good politics:

The next few weeks will be critical to implementing our shared progressive agenda, which is both popular and unifying. John, Joe Biden ran on the most progressive tax reform platform in U.S. presidential history―demanding an economy that works for everyone and a tax system where …
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  Mark Rickling · [email protected]
February 10, 2021 at 5:21 PM

Tell Congress to drastically reduce childhood poverty

This expansion of the Child Tax Credit in the pandemic relief bill would reach millions more Black and Latino children Tell Congress: "The pandemic relief bill gives us an opportunity to lift millions of children out of poverty this year. Expand the Child Tax Credit to make i…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 7, 2021 at 6:37 PM

RE: We already know the winners of Sunday’s Super Bowl

Who’s going to win Sunday’s Super Bowl? The billionaire owners! John, Who’s going to win tonight’s Super Bowl? We already know. It’s the 64 billionaire sports owners who have seen their combined wealth grow by $98.5 billion since the pandemic began. Donate today to help us shar…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
February 6, 2021 at 5:01 PM

Who’s going to win Sunday’s Super Bowl? The billionaire owners!

Sixty-four billionaire owners of major league sports franchises have enjoyed a $98.5 billion rise in their collective wealth since the pandemic began. John, We won’t know the winner of this year’s Super Bowl till Sunday, but we already know the big winners in our COVID-ravaged ec…
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  Mark Rickling · [email protected]
February 5, 2021 at 7:24 PM

RE: Guess who just joined the Senate Finance Committee?

What’s Senator Elizabeth Warren’s first order of business? John, Did you hear the news? Senator Elizabeth Warren just joined the Senate Finance Committee where tax laws get written. And her first order of business? Check out this tweet: For over two years, we’ve been fightin…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 4, 2021 at 5:31 PM

Guess who just joined the Senate Finance Committee?

In order to address rising levels of income and wealth inequality and racial inequity, we’re making Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax a top priority in 2021. John, Forty years of Republican tax cuts for the rich and corporations and budget cuts for the rest of us have led to widening…
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