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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
June 25, 2021 at 2:54 PM

We can afford basic protections for workers when corporations start paying their fair share in taxes.

Only 21 percent of workers have access to paid family leave Tell Congress: “As one of the wealthiest nations in the world, the U.S. can and should provide paid family and medical leave to all of its workers. The U.S. is a longstanding outlier among wealthy countries who have …
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
June 24, 2021 at 1:58 PM

RE: Corporations will benefit enormously from an infrastructure plan. Republicans want working people to foot the bill.

President Biden’s jobs and infrastructure plan is totally paid for by requiring corporations to start paying their fair share in taxes. John, We need a jobs and taxes plan that lifts up working families, women and communities of color, not one that gives the wealthy and big corpo…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
June 23, 2021 at 4:27 PM

GOP infrastructure plan lets corporations off the hook, sticking you and me with the tab

President Biden’s jobs and infrastructure plan is totally paid for by requiring corporations to start paying their fair share in taxes. John, President Biden proposed a $2.3 trillion jobs and infrastructure plan that was paid for by requiring corporations to start paying their fa…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
June 21, 2021 at 6:12 PM

Day of Action: Tell Congress to make cuts to child poverty permanent

Over the next year, the expanded Child Tax Credit will cut child poverty nearly in half. But the expansion only lasts one year. Tell Congress: “Make the Child Tax Credit expansion permanent and lift millions of children out of poverty―paid for by making the rich pay their fai…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
June 19, 2021 at 1:30 PM

Today is Juneteenth

Whether it be our racist justice system, police violence, corruption in our political process, discrimination in our communities, or racism in our tax code, we must fight against all of it. John, Today is Juneteenth, commemorating and celebrating 156 years since some of the last …
  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
June 18, 2021 at 2:10 PM

RE: New Polling: By wide margins, the American people agree that it’s time for the rich and corporations to pay their fair share.

When voters learn about President Biden’s tax plan, it increases support for his jobs and families plans. John, Did you see Frank’s email below highlighting new ATF polling that shows―by wide margins―the American people are with us? Nearly 7 in 10 voters think the rich and corpo…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
June 17, 2021 at 5:45 PM

New Polling: By wide margins, the American people agree that it’s time for the rich and corporations to pay their fair share.

When voters learn about President Biden’s tax plan, it increases support for his jobs and families plans. John, ATF’s new polling is pretty remarkable. Not only do nearly 7 in 10 voters support raising taxes on the rich and corporations, it’s a top-tier issue that’s just as impo…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
June 16, 2021 at 2:01 PM

RE: New ATF Polling: Raising taxes on the rich and corporations increases support for Biden’s investment agenda.

While a slim majority, 52% of voters, support President Biden’s infrastructure plan, a whopping 62% support the plan when they learn it is funded by raising taxes on the rich and corporations. John, The accepted “wisdom” in Washington, DC is that raising taxes is political dynami…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
June 15, 2021 at 3:02 PM

New ATF Polling: Raising taxes on the rich and corporations increases support for Biden’s investment agenda.

While a slim majority, 52% of voters, support President Biden’s infrastructure plan, a whopping 62% support the plan when they learn it is funded by raising taxes on the rich and corporations. John, President Biden’s infrastructure plan is hitting potholes in Congress, but we hav…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
June 12, 2021 at 1:08 PM

RE: Tell your Senators and Representative: Become a co-sponsor of the Millionaires Surtax!

Politicians can read polls. And this bill is supported by 73% of voters >>> John, In order to make new investments in healthcare, education, housing, childcare, infrastructure, clean renewable energy and more, we need to close tax loopholes to ensure the wealthy start p…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
June 11, 2021 at 5:34 PM

Tell your Senators and Representative: Become a co-sponsor of the Millionaires Surtax!

Write to your members of Congress and urge them to co-sponsor the Millionaires Surtax. Tell your members of Congress: “Become a co-sponsor of the Millionaires Surtax to begin to make the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes so we can fund new investments in healthcare, educa…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
June 9, 2021 at 2:37 PM

RE: If you paid taxes in 2007 and 2011, you paid more than the richest man in the world >>

President Biden has a plan to ensure the rich start paying their fair share. This is a good start. We need Congress to go even further. John, President Biden wants the rich to start paying their fair share. And he’s fighting for policies that would raise $3.6 trillion in new reve…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
June 8, 2021 at 10:40 PM

Billionaires are paying little to nothing in taxes.

President Biden has a plan to ensure the rich start paying their fair share. This is a good start. We need Congress to go even further. John, If you paid federal income taxes in 2007 or 2011, you paid more than the richest man in the world―Jeff Bezos. If you paid federal income …
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
June 5, 2021 at 1:32 PM

RE: BREAKING: Biden signals willingness to remove corporate tax increases from infrastructure plan

If the president is able to strike a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, this will mean that corporate tax increases must be done as part of the larger tax and investment plan. John, President Biden might be close to striking a bipartisan infrastructure deal. But, now, the Washing…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
June 4, 2021 at 4:56 PM

BREAKING: Biden signals willingness to remove corporate tax increases from infrastructure plan

If the president is able to strike a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, this will mean that corporate tax increases must be done as part of the larger tax and investment plan. John, Today, President Biden will meet with the Republican leading the infrastructure negotiations―Senat…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
June 3, 2021 at 5:01 PM

RE: This new Republican proposal is ugly >>

The House Republican budget would: Create outrageous new tax cuts for the richest 1% and corporations. John, We know what we’re fighting for: good paying jobs and an investment in our future where the rich and corporations pay their fair share. Here’s what we’re fighting against…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
June 2, 2021 at 5:18 PM

This new Republican proposal is ugly >>

The House Republican budget would: Create outrageous new tax cuts for the richest 1% and corporations. John, You’ve heard of the $1.9 trillion Trump-GOP tax scam that mostly went to the rich and corporations a few years back. Well, it looks like Republicans were only getting star…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
May 28, 2021 at 1:56 PM

RE: NEW GRAPHIC: Mitch McConnell’s favorite tax cuts and loopholes for the 1%

We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to level the economic playing field, invest in our future and make the rich and corporations start paying their fair share. John, President Biden has set a deadline of next week to reach a deal with Senate Republicans on a jobs and infra…
  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
May 27, 2021 at 3:51 PM

NEW GRAPHIC: Mitch McConnell’s favorite tax cuts and loopholes for the 1%

We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to level the economic playing field, invest in our future and make the rich and corporations start paying their fair share. John, Mitch McConnell hates spending money, unless it’s on tax cuts for the rich and corporations. That’s why, e…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
May 26, 2021 at 2:26 PM

RE: Tell President Biden: We have your back! Hold firm on raising corporate taxes

The President has set a Memorial Day deadline in negotiations with Senate Republicans. John, Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans claim they want an infrastructure bill, but their proposals fall well short of our country’s needs―and they want to stick you and me with the tab. …
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
May 25, 2021 at 4:46 PM

Tell President Biden: We have your back! Hold firm on raising corporate taxes

The President has set a Memorial Day deadline in negotiations with Senate Republicans. Tell President Biden: “As you negotiate with Republicans on a major jobs and infrastructure bill, hold firm on your demands of making corporations pay their fair share in taxes. Oppose Repu…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
May 22, 2021 at 2:22 PM

RE: What are these so-called “user fees” in the Republican infrastructure plan?

We’re building national support for President Biden’s infrastructure plan. John, What’s Mitch McConnell’s idea of infrastructure? It starts by making you and me foot the bill through toll roads and gas taxes (what Republicans like to call “user fees”). President Biden has introd…
  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
May 21, 2021 at 4:35 PM

This is how Republicans plan to pay for their infrastructure plan >>

We’re building national support for President Biden’s infrastructure plan. John, President Biden has said from the start that he wants to pass a jobs and infrastructure bill with bipartisan support. The problem is that Republican infrastructure plans aren’t serious plans. Instea…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
May 19, 2021 at 2:10 PM

We can afford to expand healthcare. Congress just needs the political will to act.

It’s time to take the next bold steps in expanding healthcare access to millions of Americans. Tell Congress: “Go big or go home on health care. Now is the time to enact real change.” ADD YOUR NAME John, The American Rescue Plan (ARP), signed into law by Pre…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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.…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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! …
  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…