David Kass · [email protected]

June 7, 2023 at 2:52 PM

McCarthy just said the quiet part out loud: He wants to cut Social Security

Republicans were outraged when Biden said they wanted to cut Social Security. John, When Republicans want to cut Social Security and Medicare, they assemble commissions so that voters won’t know who to blame for the cuts. That’s why, when President Biden truthfully stated in his…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

June 4, 2023 at 2:08 PM

RE: [take action] Stop the new GOP tax package for the rich and corporations

The cuts and caps Republicans secured in the debt ceiling fight were just the first phase of their plan to make working families pay for tax cuts for the rich. Now they’re ready for phase 2. John, The cuts and caps Republicans secured in the debt ceiling fight were just the first…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

June 3, 2023 at 4:00 PM

[take action] Stop the new GOP tax package for the rich and corporations

The cuts and caps Republicans secured in the debt ceiling fight were just the first phase of their plan to make working families pay for tax cuts for the rich. Now they’re ready for phase 2. John, The ink has barely dried on the debt ceiling and budget deal passed this week by th…

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

May 31, 2023 at 2:07 PM

RE: Stop Congress from making the entire Trump tax scam permanent:

As soon as the House passes the debt ceiling deal, they will immediately pivot to introducing a new tax bill that makes permanent expiring portions of the Trump tax scam. John, The House is expected to vote today on a debt-ceiling-and-budget-cut deal that is not nearly as bad as …

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  David Kass · [email protected]

May 30, 2023 at 11:24 PM

Stop Congress from making the entire Trump tax scam permanent:

As soon as the House passes the debt ceiling deal, they will immediately pivot to introducing a new tax bill that makes permanent expiring portions of the Trump tax scam. John, This week, the House is expected to vote on a debt-limit-and-budget-cut package agreed upon by Presiden…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

May 27, 2023 at 2:14 PM

RE: Tell Congress: Raise the debt ceiling without causing unnecessary harm to seniors and working people

The threatened default and the House-passed cuts both cost jobs, hurt working families, and damage the economy. John, The cuts that House Republicans proposed would be terrible. A federal default would be catastrophic for working families. Both would cost jobs, hurt working peopl…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

May 26, 2023 at 5:47 PM

Tell Congress: Raise the debt ceiling without causing unnecessary harm to seniors and working people

The threatened default and the House-passed cuts both cost jobs, hurt working families, and damage the economy. John, What happens if the U.S. defaults on its debt and can’t pay its bills? Without action by June 1st, millions of working people, seniors, veterans and more will fin…

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

May 25, 2023 at 4:51 PM

RE: What congressional Republicans are actually after with their hostage taking:

Every year, Congressional Republicans feign concern over the national debt. John, Congressional Republicans are not concerned about the national debt. Right now they are fighting to make all of the 2017 Trump-GOP tax cuts for the rich and corporations permanent, and, according to…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

May 24, 2023 at 7:10 PM

What congressional Republicans are actually after with their hostage taking:

Every year, Congressional Republicans feign concern over the national debt. John, Congressional Republicans are working on two tracks: One is to cut $4.2 trillion in critical services from working families―including healthcare, food assistance, housing, education, and much more.…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

May 23, 2023 at 5:33 PM

URGENT: Don’t let Congress default on our loans, causing an instant recession

We’re driving thousands of calls and letters to Congress right now. John, The U.S. is on the verge of the first-ever federal default. This would cause an instant recession, impacting the daily lives of millions of working people, seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and mo…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

May 20, 2023 at 1:55 PM

RE: Tell Congress: There aren’t just two choices on the debt ceiling impasse

For two decades, Republican-led Congresses have added trillions of dollars to the national debt through the budget-busting Bush and Trump tax cuts. John, Together, we have changed the conversation at dinner tables across the country: as the media pushes for cuts to our social saf…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

May 19, 2023 at 8:38 PM

Tell Congress: There aren’t just two choices on the debt ceiling impasse

For two decades, Republican-led Congresses have added trillions of dollars to the national debt through the budget-busting Bush and Trump tax cuts. John, With a potential federal default less than two weeks away, the media is framing the debt- ceiling impasse as a choice between …

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

May 17, 2023 at 6:31 PM

RE: How much did billionaires’ wealth grow during the pandemic?

Elon Musk got $153 billion richer during the pandemic. John, Jeff Bezos = $17 billion Warren Buffett = $47 billion Elon Musk = $153 billion That’s how much these billionaires added to their fortunes during the pandemic, with America’s roughly 700 billionaires seeing a whopping…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

May 16, 2023 at 4:51 PM

How much did billionaires’ wealth grow during the pandemic?

Elon Musk got $153 billion richer during the pandemic. John, The federal COVID-19 public health emergency declaration formally ended last Thursday and new Americans for Tax Fairness reporting shows that during the last three years of the pandemic, America’s roughly 700 billionair…

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

May 14, 2023 at 6:10 PM

RE: There aren’t just two choices on the debt ceiling impasse

We know we can reduce the national debt and invest in our future when the rich and corporations pay their fair share in taxes. John, The inside-the-beltway media is getting the debt ceiling debate wrong. They’re framing it as a choice between Kevin McCarthy’s cuts and a federal d…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

May 13, 2023 at 4:37 PM

There aren’t just two choices on the debt ceiling impasse

We know we can reduce the national debt and invest in our future when the rich and corporations pay their fair share in taxes. John, For two decades, Republican-led Congresses have added trillions of dollars to the national debt through the budget-busting Bush and Trump tax cuts …

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

May 12, 2023 at 3:34 PM

RE: Tell Congress: Raise, don’t cut, corporate taxes during the debt ceiling impasse

At a time when Congress is fighting over a debt ceiling impasse that jeopardizes critical services for working families, we should not be cutting taxes for corporations, we should be increasing them. John, As House Republicans press ahead with their threat to default on our debt,…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

May 11, 2023 at 6:52 PM

Tell Congress: Raise, don’t cut, corporate taxes during the debt ceiling impasse

At a time when Congress is fighting over a debt ceiling impasse that jeopardizes critical services for working families, we should not be cutting taxes for corporations, we should be increasing them. John, The last two years, corporations have enjoyed record profits from inflated…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

May 9, 2023 at 10:04 PM

RE: Don’t negotiate with MAGA hostage takers

Tomorrow, the president will host congressional leaders at the White House, including Speaker Kevin McCarthy. John, President Biden and congressional leaders just wrapped up a critical meeting at the White House to discuss the impasse over raising the debt limit. And while Speake…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

May 9, 2023 at 1:50 AM

TOMORROW: Congressional leaders meet at the White House to debate debt-ceiling impasse

Tomorrow, the president will host congressional leaders at the White House, including Speaker Kevin McCarthy. John, In 2011 and 2013, congressional Republicans held the debt ceiling hostage in exchange for concessions from the Obama administration that restricted federal spending…

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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]

May 7, 2023 at 6:56 PM

RE: New Infographic: GOP plans add $5.3 TRILLION to the national debt

Republicans only care about the country’s debt when they want to take healthcare and food away from poor children and families. John, These numbers are very telling: House Republicans passed a bill that would cut nearly $5 trillion in services for children, working people, and t…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

May 6, 2023 at 5:45 PM

New Infographic: GOP plans add $5.3 TRILLION to the national debt

Republicans only care about the country’s debt when they want to take healthcare and food away from poor children and families. John, Republicans are demanding massive cuts to everything from healthcare to nutrition to education under the guise of deficit reduction. But, before p…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

May 5, 2023 at 5:57 PM

RE: [take action] Tell Your Senators: Don’t negotiate with MAGA hostage takers

In the words of anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, Republicans want to “get [government] down to the size where [they] can drown it in the bathtub.” John, Next Tuesday President Biden will host leaders of Congress at the White House, including Speaker McCarthy, to discuss the deb…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

May 4, 2023 at 10:48 PM

[take action] Tell Your Senators: Don’t negotiate with MAGA hostage takers

In the words of anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, Republicans want to “get [government] down to the size where [they] can drown it in the bathtub.” John, Our country is quickly approaching a financial default that would devastate our economy―causing delays in Social Security and…

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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]

May 3, 2023 at 3:12 PM

RE: New Research: Clarence Thomas’s favorite billionaire

This vicious cycle of billionaires buying access to the most powerful officials in Washington is distorting our democratic process. John, Thirteen years ago, Justice Clarence Thomas was one of the deciding votes in the disastrous 5-4 Citizens United Supreme Court decision that op…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

May 2, 2023 at 6:18 PM

New Research: Clarence Thomas’s favorite billionaire

This vicious cycle of billionaires buying access to the most powerful officials in Washington is distorting our democratic process. John, A recent bombshell report from ProPublica revealed that for decades, GOP mega-donor Harlan Crow has hosted Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thom…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

April 28, 2023 at 3:23 PM

RE: Fight back against the GOP debt ceiling disaster

These across-the-board spending cuts fly in stark contrast to President Biden’s budget. John, With House Republicans passing their debt ceiling disaster this week, we need to make sure the Senate doesn’t offer concessions that slash funding for programs and services in order to p…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

April 27, 2023 at 6:18 PM

Fight back against the GOP debt ceiling disaster

These across-the-board spending cuts fly in stark contrast to President Biden’s budget. John, House Republicans voted this week to kick 100,000 kids off childcare.[1] They voted to deny affordable housing to over a million low-income families. They voted to take away meals from…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

April 26, 2023 at 11:53 PM

BREAKING: McCarthy passes debt ceiling disaster

After decades of championing massive tax giveaways to the wealthy and corporations, the GOP keeps trying to pay for those handouts to the rich by cutting services critical to working families. John, House Republicans just voted to pass Kevin McCarthy's debt ceiling disaster—cutti…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

April 25, 2023 at 5:08 PM

RE: [take action] Demand Congress reject Kevin McCarthy’s bad deal

McCarthy plans to eliminate billions of dollars in IRS funding that Democrats passed last year to finally allow the IRS to crack down on wealthy and corporate tax cheats. John, Kevin McCarthy is holding a vote tomorrow on a legislative package that would devastate critical progra…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

April 24, 2023 at 11:26 PM

[take action] Demand Congress reject Kevin McCarthy’s bad deal

McCarthy plans to eliminate billions of dollars in IRS funding that Democrats passed last year to finally allow the IRS to crack down on wealthy and corporate tax cheats. John, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy will hold a vote this week on his bill that’s a bad deal for the Am…

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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]

April 23, 2023 at 3:25 PM

RE: Fight back against Kevin McCarthy’s bad deal

Together, we’re letting voters know what’s in Kevin McCarthy’s bad deal. John, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is planning to hold a vote this week on a long-awaited bill that’s a bad deal for working people and a good deal for millionaires, billionaires, and greedy corporati…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

April 22, 2023 at 5:19 PM

Fight back against Kevin McCarthy’s bad deal

Together, we’re letting voters know what’s in Kevin McCarthy’s bad deal. John, For months, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and his fellow House Republicans have held the country’s economy hostage over a set of right-wing priorities he has refused to reveal. This week, McCarth…

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  David Kass, Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund · [email protected]

April 20, 2023 at 1:51 PM

RE: [take action] Demand Congress Raise Taxes on the Rich & Corporations; Don't Cut Services for Working Families

Hi, I’m David Kass, the new Executive Director of Americans for Tax Fairness. John, In a speech this week before Wall Street CEOs, Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy feigned concern for “the hardships” faced by the American people while simultaneously calling for dras…

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  David Kass, Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund · [email protected]

April 19, 2023 at 6:39 PM

[take action] Demand Congress Raise Taxes on the Rich & Corporations; Don't Cut Services for Working Families

Hi, I’m David Kass, the new Executive Director of Americans for Tax Fairness. John, Already, over 85,000 people have signed our petition to Congress: Raise Taxes on the Rich & Corporations; Don't Cut Services for Working Families. Now, we’re ramping up the urgency, sending m…

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

April 18, 2023 at 3:25 PM

RE: While billionaires pay little to nothing in taxes, Kevin McCarthy wants to cut nutrition benefits for the poor

While there is widespread support among voters for raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires, conservatives in Congress continue to rig our tax code in favor of their wealthy campaign contributors. John, Today is Tax Day! And while you and I have paid our fair share in taxes…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

April 17, 2023 at 10:51 PM

While billionaires pay little to nothing in taxes, Kevin McCarthy wants to cut nutrition benefits for the poor

While there is widespread support among voters for raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires, conservatives in Congress continue to rig our tax code in favor of their wealthy campaign contributors. John, Did you know that billionaires pay just an 8% federal income tax rate, …

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

April 16, 2023 at 5:17 PM

RE: [take action] This Tax Day demand Congress raise taxes on the rich and corporations; don’t cut services for working families

Together, we have taken on Wall Street billionaires and mega-corporations and shown the power of our grassroots movement for change. John, While congressional Republicans continue to cite our national debt as their excuse for wanting to slash federal budgets and devastate critica…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

April 15, 2023 at 4:13 PM

Sign now to demand Congress act: Raise taxes on the rich and corporations; don’t cut services for working families.

Together, we have taken on Wall Street billionaires and mega-corporations and shown the power of our grassroots movement for change. John, The current budget-deficit debate in Washington, like too many fiscal debates over the past 40 years, has been dominated by Republican demand…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

April 14, 2023 at 3:17 PM

RE: Fight back against TurboTax and H&R Block

Last year, U.S. taxpayers spent roughly 13 hours and $250 filing their taxes. John, Did you know that one in five people who are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) fail to claim it?[1] But, if the IRS implemented a free, easy tax filing system it would help more wo…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

April 13, 2023 at 6:13 PM

Fight back against TurboTax and H&R Block

Last year, U.S. taxpayers spent roughly 13 hours and $250 filing their taxes. John, Thanks to you, last year President Biden and Democrats in Congress approved the largest-ever investment in the IRS―providing $80 billion over 10 years to crack down on wealthy and corporate tax ch…

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

April 12, 2023 at 4:47 PM

RE: Tell the New IRS Commissioner: Implement a free, simple tax-filing system that saves taxpayers time and money

For the last 20 years, tax-filing software companies such as TurboTax and H&R Block have successfully lobbied the federal government to stop the IRS from implementing a free, simple way for most U.S. taxpayers to file their income taxes online. John, How much did you pay to f…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

April 11, 2023 at 8:32 PM

Tell the New IRS Commissioner: Implement a free, simple tax-filing system that saves taxpayers time and money

For the last 20 years, tax-filing software companies such as TurboTax and H&R Block have successfully lobbied the federal government to stop the IRS from implementing a free, simple way for most U.S. taxpayers to file their income taxes online. John, Each year, millions of ta…

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

April 8, 2023 at 3:58 PM

RE: Senate Republicans want to abolish the estate tax on millionaire and billionaire families

According to Americans for Tax Fairness research, family dynasties like the Waltons and Kochs are set to pass $21 trillion on to their heirs over the next two decades virtually tax free. John, We’re told by congressional Republicans that the federal government can’t afford to ful…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

April 7, 2023 at 9:39 PM

Senate Republicans want to abolish the estate tax on millionaire and billionaire families

According to Americans for Tax Fairness research, family dynasties like the Waltons and Kochs are set to pass $21 trillion on to their heirs over the next two decades virtually tax free. John, The estate tax is a very progressive tax that curbs the accumulation of dynastic wealth…

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

April 5, 2023 at 3:14 PM

RE: [take action] Demand Congress strengthen, not cut, the estate tax on millionaire and billionaire families

Senator John Thune (R-SD) has introduced a bill that would completely eliminate the estate tax, and he has 40 Republican co-sponsors in the Senate. John, America’s wealthiest family dynasties―like the Waltons and Kochs―are set to pass $21 trillion on to their heirs over the next …

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

April 4, 2023 at 6:40 PM

[take action] Demand Congress strengthen, not cut, the estate tax on millionaire and billionaire families

Senator John Thune (R-SD) has introduced a bill that would completely eliminate the estate tax, and he has 40 Republican co-sponsors in the Senate. John, Due to tax loopholes written into law by clever tax lawyers and members of Congress, America’s wealthiest family dynasties cou…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

March 31, 2023 at 7:37 PM

Democrats don’t need Kyrsten Sinema’s vote and her Wall Street-friendly politics

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema―the Democrat turned Independent from Arizona―recently told a room full of Republican donors that it’s thanks to her that they kept their tax rates so low: John, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema―the Democrat turned Independent from Arizona―recently told a room full of Repub…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

March 29, 2023 at 2:51 PM

RE: AT&T got a tax refund of $1.2 billion

We’re leading the fight against these Trump-GOP tax breaks for corporations. John, Just one provision in the Trump tax cuts has saved 23 wealthy corporations $50 billion―so far.[1] We just learned that a U.S. Chamber of Commerce-led coalition is fighting to renew that tax break―…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

March 28, 2023 at 8:55 PM

AT&T got a tax refund of $1.2 billion

We’re leading the fight against these Trump-GOP tax breaks for corporations. John, Last week, ATF supporters sent more than 23,000 letters to Congress to oppose renewal of a $155 billion tax handout to corporations that was part of the Trump tax cuts in 2017. The Research and Exp…

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