Maura Quint · [email protected]

July 14, 2022 at 5:53 PM

Democracy has a billionaire problem. The solution: Tell Congress to tax billionaire wealth!

We must act to rein in the undue influence of billionaire money in our elections. John, Billionaires saw their wealth grow by $2 trillion during the first two years of the pandemic. What are they doing with that new-found wealth? In the 2020 election, they spent a whopping $1.2 …

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

July 13, 2022 at 9:48 PM

Billionaire spending in our elections was 40 times more in 2020 than one decade earlier

Join Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund and our allies in demanding Congress tax the wealth of billionaires and limit their undue influence on our democracy. John, Democracy has a billionaire problem. According to a new report from Americans for Tax Fairness, the nation’s ro…

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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]

July 11, 2022 at 3:29 PM

RE: JULY 14: Join us to Tax the Ultra-Rich NOW!

It’s no secret that the wealthiest people in our country are getting richer and richer while working families struggle to make ends meet. John, The growing wealth among a tiny number of individuals is completely reshaping our country. The ultra-rich are funding threats to our dem…

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

July 9, 2022 at 4:44 PM

RE: [take action] Don’t let the Senate eliminate the Millionaires Surcharge

We really need your help today to tell the U.S. Senate to stay strong. John, We’re on the verge of passing one of the most consequential tax and investment plans in our lifetime, which would begin to make the rich and corporations start paying their fair share. But one aspect of …

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

July 8, 2022 at 8:09 PM

[take action] Don’t let the Senate eliminate the Millionaires Surcharge

We really need your help today to tell the U.S. Senate to stay strong. John, The U.S. Senate is in the final stages of crafting a $1 trillion or more tax and investment package, a version of which has already passed the House of Representatives. A tax reform we have led the charg…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

July 7, 2022 at 7:11 PM

JULY 14: Join us to Tax the Ultra-Rich NOW!

It’s no secret that the wealthiest people in our country are getting richer and richer while working families struggle to make ends meet. John, It’s no secret that the wealthiest people in our country are getting richer and richer while working families struggle to make ends meet…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

July 7, 2022 at 2:22 PM

RE: The Millionaires Surcharge could be on the chopping block

We have a critical opportunity to start unrigging our tax code. Let’s demand the Senate act! John, According to Business Insider, “One proposal to tax multimillionaires has fallen out of the spending bill.”[1] The Millionaires Surcharge, which is supported by 73% of voters, incl…

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

July 6, 2022 at 4:42 PM

The Millionaires Surcharge could be on the chopping block

We have a critical opportunity to start unrigging our tax code. Let’s demand the Senate act! John, One of the most critical aspects of President Biden’s revenue and investment plan, which passed the House of Representatives last November, is that it finally makes the ultra-wealth…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

July 4, 2022 at 2:52 PM

RE: It’s not patriotic to dodge taxes, rig our economy, and attack our rights.

Together, we’re fighting for an America that includes all of us. John, This 4th of July, guess who’s not doing their patriotic duty? Millionaires, billionaires, and wealthy corporations that don’t pay their fair share in taxes. Did you know that each year the richest 1% evades $…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

July 3, 2022 at 4:21 PM

The unpatriotic 1%

Together, we’re fighting for an America that includes all of us. John, When billionaires and corporations buy elections, they’re rigging our tax system and our economy for economic gain. But that’s not all. They’re also enacting a right-wing agenda that takes away our rights on …

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

July 1, 2022 at 3:01 PM

RE: Scrap the cap! Sign on to the Sanders, Warren, DeFazio plan to expand Social Security >>

This new plan to expand Social Security would increase benefits by $200 per month. Tell Congress: “Pass the Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren plan to expand Social Security and save our earned benefits from Republicans.” ADD YOUR NAME John, Senators Bernie…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

June 30, 2022 at 6:51 PM

Scrap the cap! Sign on to the Sanders, Warren, DeFazio plan to expand Social Security >>

This new plan to expand Social Security would increase benefits by $200 per month. John, If millionaires, billionaires, and upper-income households paid into Social Security on a larger share of their income―like everyone else does who makes under $147,000―we could increase Socia…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

June 29, 2022 at 8:41 PM

Here’s what you can do right now to fight back against the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision

In the wake of this devastating Supreme Court ruling, abortion funds across the country need our support to help people seeking abortion services. John, Last week, the far-right Supreme Court, unrestrained by precedent, reversed a basic fundamental freedom strongly supported by t…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

June 27, 2022 at 3:33 PM

RE: We’re fighting to hold billionaires accountable for their tax dodging and for funding Trump’s “Big Lie”

Wall Street billionaire Jeffrey Yass is using his fortune to bankroll right-wing election deniers who also perpetuate our rigged tax system. John, Wall Street billionaire Jeffrey Yass is using his fortune to bankroll right-wing election deniers who also perpetuate our rigged tax …

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

June 26, 2022 at 4:22 PM

We’re fighting to hold billionaires accountable for their tax dodging and for funding Trump’s “Big Lie”

Wall Street billionaire Jeffrey Yass is using his fortune to bankroll right-wing election deniers who also perpetuate our rigged tax system. John, In a new investigative report, ProPublica details how Wall Street billionaire Jeffrey Yass is buying politicians to further our rigge…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

June 23, 2022 at 3:21 PM

RE: [take action] Demand tax dodging Fortune 500 corporations stop funding insurrectionists

UPS has contributed $336,000 to congressional candidates who deny the validity of the 2020 presidential election. Tell Tax Dodging Corporations: “Corporations cannot honestly claim to support democracy at the same time as they reward the very lawmakers who tried to finish wha…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

June 22, 2022 at 10:12 PM

[take action] Demand tax dodging Fortune 500 corporations stop funding insurrectionists

UPS has contributed $336,000 to congressional candidates who deny the validity of the 2020 presidential election. John, Since the January 6th insurrection, Fortune 500 corporations have continued to fund the 147 Republican members of Congress who voted NOT to certify Joe Biden as…

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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]

June 20, 2022 at 4:09 PM

RE: “the Koch brothers of Wisconsin”

It’s up to us to shine a spotlight on the policies Senator Ron Johnson has championed while in office and how they leave everyday working people behind. John, Two billionaire families―Dick and Liz Uihlein and Diane Hendricks―donated at least $20 million to groups backing the reel…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

June 19, 2022 at 3:56 PM

157 years ago today, the last slaves were freed in Texas

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 157 years since some of the last r…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

June 18, 2022 at 2:26 PM

LIVESTREAM: The Moral March on Washington and to the Polls

John, Today, Saturday, June 18th, Americans for Tax Fairness is joining with allies from across the country for the Moral March on Washington and to the Polls. The march begins at 9:30am ET. Click here to watch the livestream of the event! (Or go to Pennsylvania Ave and 3rd St NW…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

June 17, 2022 at 5:36 PM

“the Koch brothers of Wisconsin”

It’s up to us to shine a spotlight on the policies Senator Ron Johnson has championed while in office and how they leave everyday working people behind. John, Before Donald Trump was able to pass his “big, beautiful tax cut” in 2017 he needed every single Republican Senator on bo…

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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]

June 16, 2022 at 5:24 PM

VIDEO -- billionaires buying elections: “I don't understand how you have everything, and yet you are intent on taking more from people who literally almost have nothing.”

Already this election cycle, Jeffrey Yass has spent at least $18 million in donations to candidates and super PACS. John, Billionaires are buying elections. And with that money and power, they’re taking away critical resources, including funding for public education, from million…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

June 15, 2022 at 3:31 PM

RE: It’s time that these right-wing billionaire donors are held accountable:

They knew full well that in supporting Trump, they were making a deal with the devil. John, Billionaires are not only funding right-wing congressional candidates. They continue to fuel Trump’s Big Lie, which is destabilizing our democracy and undermining our ability to unrig our …

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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]

June 14, 2022 at 6:06 PM

It’s time that these right-wing billionaire donors are held accountable:

They knew full well that in supporting Trump, they were making a deal with the devil. John, Between 2016 and 2020, 134 billionaires donated $236 million to Donald Trump and his super PACs, according to Americans for Tax Fairness research.[1] Many of these same billionaires are su…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

June 13, 2022 at 6:51 PM

This Saturday, we march!

The march begins at 9:30am ET and we’ll gather at 3rd & Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Click here to RSVP. John, This Saturday, June 18th, join our allies from across the country for the Moral March on Washington and to the Polls. The march begins at 9:30am ET and we’ll gather at 3rd …

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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]

June 12, 2022 at 4:21 PM

Let’s have a little fun at the expense of these greedy corporations:

Is it Chevron, which made $9.7 billion in U.S. profits but paid only a 1.8% federal income tax rate? Or is it Facebook, where CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes 92 times the average employee? John, Tax dodging and blatantly unfair CEO-to-worker pay ratios are no laughing matter. But somet…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

June 10, 2022 at 2:51 PM

RE: [take action] Demand the Senate tax the incomes of the richest 0.02%

The House-passed millionaires surcharge is at risk in the Senate unless our senators hear from us. John, A key tax on the incomes of millionaires and billionaires, previously passed by the House, could be in jeopardy in the Senate.[1] The millionaires surcharge, which would plac…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

June 9, 2022 at 10:22 PM

Tell the Senate: Don’t kill our best shot at taxing the ultra wealthy this year

The House-passed millionaires surcharge is at risk in the Senate unless our senators hear from us. John, Last year, the U.S. House passed a millionaires surcharge as part of the Build Back Better Act, which would place an additional 5% tax on incomes over $10 million and 8% on in…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

June 8, 2022 at 2:52 PM

RE: This is what a billionaire buying elections looks like

We’re bringing billionaire Jeffrey Yass’s political spending out of the shadows to make sure Pennsylvanians and all Americans know how this mega donor is attempting to buy our democracy. John, The last two election cycles, Jeffrey Yass has spent more than $50 million (so far!) ba…

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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]

June 7, 2022 at 7:32 PM

This is what a billionaire buying elections looks like

We’re bringing billionaire Jeffrey Yass’s political spending out of the shadows to make sure Pennsylvanians and all Americans know how this mega donor is attempting to buy our democracy. John, Meet Jeffrey Yass, billionaire owner of a powerful Wall Street firm and the richest per…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

June 5, 2022 at 2:40 PM

RE: A record number of people have health insurance through the ACA. That’s about to come crashing down.

Unless Senate Democrats act, 3 million people will lose health insurance. John, Last fall, the House voted to help people afford health insurance by extending subsidies, originally passed under the 2021 American Rescue Plan. These subsidies have allowed a record 14.5 million peop…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

June 4, 2022 at 6:04 PM

A record number of people have health insurance through the ACA. That’s about to come crashing down.

Unless Senate Democrats act, 3 million people will lose health insurance. John, If Congress doesn’t act now, it’s estimated that more than 3 million people will lose health insurance coverage at the end of this year, with millions more seeing massive rate hikes.[1] That’s becaus…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

June 2, 2022 at 3:40 PM

RE: Tell Congress: Pass the No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act

Each year, union-busting corporations take a tax deduction for at least $340 million spent on blatant anti-union activities. John, Each year, Starbucks receives $4 million in tax subsidies from the government.[1] And yet, just in the last few months, there have been at least 63 d…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

June 1, 2022 at 8:40 PM

Tell Congress: Pass the No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act

Each year, union-busting corporations take a tax deduction for at least $340 million spent on blatant anti-union activities. John, Each year, union-busting corporations spend at least $340 million on blatant anti-union activities, and they then take a federal tax deduction for th…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

May 28, 2022 at 5:06 PM

Demand Congress invest in children and families

Even before the pandemic, young families were struggling to afford the astronomical costs of child care, which exceeds $10,000 a year in many parts of the country. Tell Congress: “Act now to avert crises in childhood poverty and hunger, and child care and early education.” …

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

May 27, 2022 at 2:53 PM

RE: Tell President Biden and Congress: Taxpayer dollars should not subsidize multibillion dollar corporations that break labor laws.

These activities should not be tax deductible. Nor should these union-busting corporations receive federal contracts. Tell President Biden and Congress: “Taxpayer dollars should not go to multibillion dollar corporations that break labor laws.” ADD YOUR NAME …

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

May 26, 2022 at 10:28 PM

Tell President Biden and Congress: Taxpayer dollars should not subsidize multibillion dollar corporations that break labor laws.

These activities should not be tax deductible. Nor should these union-busting corporations receive federal contracts. “The question that we're asking today is a very simple one: Should federal taxpayer dollars go to companies that violate labor law and illegally prevent work…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

May 24, 2022 at 6:55 PM

Take Action: Demand Amazon disclose its revenues, profits, taxes, and more!

If passed, the motion will expose Amazon’s shifting of profits offshore to avoid paying what it owes in taxes here at home. John, Tomorrow, Amazon shareholders will vote on a motion that Amazon tried to kill. But thanks to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the vo…

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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]

May 22, 2022 at 2:54 PM

RE: Business Insider: 26 billionaires, including Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, paid just a fraction of the taxes the average American owes

Our latest infographic shows what 5 of those billionaires paid in taxes in recent years. How does this compare to what you pay? John, Teachers, plumbers, firefighters, and other working Americans pay an average federal income tax rate of 13%.[1] But, according to new Americans f…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

May 21, 2022 at 4:23 PM

Business Insider: 26 billionaires, including Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, paid just a fraction of the taxes the average American owes

Our latest infographic shows what 5 of those billionaires paid in taxes in recent years. How does this compare to what you pay? John, Take a look at this headline: This article from Business Insider is based on new Americans for Tax Fairness research, which shows that 26 of the…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

May 19, 2022 at 11:33 PM

Our top priority must be to save our Republic

We won’t have a functioning government that works for the people if we don’t first save our Republic. John, We won’t have a functioning government that works for "we the people" instead of the interests of the multimillionaires who helped fund the insurrection attempt if we don’t…

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

May 18, 2022 at 2:20 PM

RE: Amazon tried to kill this vote. The SEC said no.

When shareholders first called for a resolution that would require Amazon to make public the taxes it pays in every country around the world, Amazon tried to kill the motion. Tell Amazon Shareholders: “Hold Amazon accountable by requiring it to disclose its revenues, profits,…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

May 17, 2022 at 4:03 PM

Amazon tried to kill this vote. The SEC said no.

When shareholders first called for a resolution that would require Amazon to make public the taxes it pays in every country around the world, Amazon tried to kill the motion. John, In 2018, Amazon paid $0 in federal income taxes to the United States of America on $11 billion in p…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

May 14, 2022 at 3:46 PM

[take action] Demand Congress lower prescription drug prices!

Congress must take action right now to lower prescription drug prices and protect seniors from rising prices. John, Americans today pay the highest price for prescription drugs in the world―at least 2 1/2 times that of other countries and 3 1/2 times that of European countries.[1…

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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]

May 12, 2022 at 2:51 PM

RE: This billionaire is bankrolling right-wing Senate races in Arizona and Ohio:

Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s former chief strategist told the New York Times: “I don’t think it’s just about flipping the Senate. I think Peter wants to change the direction of the country.” John, Since the pandemic began, America’s 740 billionaires have seen their wealth swell b…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

May 10, 2022 at 7:51 PM

This billionaire is bankrolling right-wing Senate races in Arizona and Ohio:

Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s former chief strategist told the New York Times: “I don’t think it’s just about flipping the Senate. I think Peter wants to change the direction of the country.” John, In the words of at least one billionaire, “I no longer believe that freedom and dem…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

May 9, 2022 at 9:00 PM

[take action] Stop the revolving door in Congress

Labor unions are the backbone of America. Together, we’re fighting for more worker power, which strengthens our workforce and helps grow the middle class. John, Did you know that more than half of the members of Congress are millionaires?[1] But their staff―the people who run the…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

May 7, 2022 at 1:58 PM

RE: Fight back against corporate greed and help build support for Elizabeth Warren’s new bill.

Instead of spending our time and money on filing our taxes each year, the IRS could make tax filing free and easy. They just need the resources to do it. John, Elizabeth Warren needs our help. The senator is preparing to introduce a new bill that will make tax filing free and ea…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

May 6, 2022 at 5:53 PM

Fight back against corporate greed and help build support for Elizabeth Warren’s new bill.

Instead of spending our time and money on filing our taxes each year, the IRS could make tax filing free and easy. They just need the resources to do it. John, In the last 10 days, nearly 14,000 people have signed-on as grassroots co-sponsors of Elizabeth Warren’s new bill. And w…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

May 5, 2022 at 2:50 PM

RE: Tell your senators to co-sponsor Elizabeth Warren’s new bill:

Instead of spending our time and money on filing our taxes each year, the IRS could make tax filing free and easy. They just need the resources to do it. John, Each year, millions of Americans spend hours of our time filing our taxes. It doesn’t need to be so complicated. Instea…

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