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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
July 8, 2023 at 2:31 PM

RE: The Billionaire Minimum Income Tax is under attack

Over the last year, the Supreme Court has ruled against abortion access, LGBTQ+ rights, student debt relief, and diversity in college admissions. John, Billionaire Harlan Crow → bought Justice Clarence Thomas Billionaire Paul Singer → bought Justice Samuel Alito In both cases, …
  David Kass · [email protected]
July 7, 2023 at 5:33 PM

The Billionaire Minimum Income Tax is under attack

Over the last year, the Supreme Court has ruled against abortion access, LGBTQ+ rights, student debt relief, and diversity in college admissions. John, Billionaires are not just buying elections. They’re buying Supreme Court justices as well. In two recent bombshell reports, Pro…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
July 6, 2023 at 3:02 PM

RE: Take Action: Stop the GOP’s unpatriotic tax plan for foreign investors and the richest 1%

Instead of giving more tax handouts to the rich and corporations, Congress should be helping working families. John, As soon as Congress returns from their 4th of July recess, they’re expected to vote on a $1.1 trillion tax package that’s a handout to foreign investors and the ri…
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
July 4, 2023 at 7:37 PM

RE: There’s nothing patriotic about dodging taxes

Together, we’re changing conversations around dinner tables across the country. John, How much did those hotdogs cost for your 4th of July barbecue? What about the soft drinks and chips? Now, imagine if they all cost 30% more. That’s exactly what extremists in the House of Repr…
  David Kass · [email protected]
July 3, 2023 at 5:25 PM

There’s nothing patriotic about dodging taxes

Together, we’re changing conversations around dinner tables across the country. John, There is nothing patriotic about dodging taxes. Yet, each year wealthy tax cheats dodge $160 billion in taxes they owe.[1] That’s money that could be going toward lowering the costs of everythi…
  David Kass · [email protected]
July 1, 2023 at 2:39 PM

Take Action: Stop the GOP’s unpatriotic tax plan for foreign investors and the richest 1%

Instead of giving more tax handouts to the rich and corporations, Congress should be helping working families. John, Who benefits from the GOP Tax Scam 2.0? The poorest fifth of U.S. taxpayers would get an average tax cut of just $40 next year. Meanwhile, foreign investors and th…
  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
June 30, 2023 at 2:04 PM

RE: Republicans think their new tax package can fly under the radar.

They want permanent tax cuts for private equity firms, hugely profitable billion-dollar corporations, the richest 1%, and foreign investors. John, Republicans have a new, more subtle strategy in their battle to enrich the wealthy and corporations. Instead of one big tax bill, lik…
  David Kass · [email protected]
June 29, 2023 at 10:53 PM

Republicans think their new tax package can fly under the radar.

They want permanent tax cuts for private equity firms, hugely profitable billion-dollar corporations, the richest 1%, and foreign investors. John, Congressional Republicans are getting a little savvier, but no less bold. In 2017, they passed the Trump-GOP Tax Scam, which will ad…
  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
June 28, 2023 at 3:44 PM

RE: Cage Match: Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg

Don’t let this Battle of the Billionaires distract you from the real fight: The fight to tax billionaire wealth! John, Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg This isn’t a lawsuit. It’s a proposed cage match between two of the richest men in the world. But don’t let this Battle of the Bil…
  David Kass · [email protected]
June 27, 2023 at 9:53 PM

Cage Match: Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg

Don’t let this Battle of the Billionaires distract you from the real fight: The fight to tax billionaire wealth! John, Billionaires may have massive egos, but a cage match? That’s exactly what the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, is proposing against his fellow billionaire, F…
  David Kass · [email protected]
June 24, 2023 at 4:09 PM

As support for unions grows, corporations are intensifying their union busting.

Starbucks is raking in billions of dollars in profit while engaging in a company-wide pattern of union-busting. John, As workers organize across the country for fair pay, benefits, and scheduling, greedy corporations are fighting back―union busting while simultaneously putting th…
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
June 23, 2023 at 7:04 PM

RE: 175 Republicans just endorsed a budget that cuts Social Security, privatizes Medicare, and more

This right-wing budget reflects the views of more than three-quarters of House Republicans. John, 175 House Republicans just endorsed a budget that does exactly what they pledged never to do: We’re fighting back against this betrayal of trust that attacks our earned benefits, as…
  David Kass · [email protected]
June 22, 2023 at 10:49 PM

175 Republicans just endorsed a budget that cuts Social Security, privatizes Medicare, and more

This right-wing budget reflects the views of more than three-quarters of House Republicans. John, Republicans claimed throughout the debt-ceiling debate that they had no intention of cutting Social Security and Medicare, even as they attacked other critical services for working f…
  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
June 21, 2023 at 7:39 PM

Vote: 2023 Corporate Hall of Shame

Is it Exxon, which made $9.3 billion in U.S. profits but paid only a 2.8% federal income tax rate? John, Throughout the pandemic, billion-dollar corporations raked in record profits while paying less than their fair share in taxes due to the Trump-GOP tax scam. What did they do …
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
June 18, 2023 at 8:21 PM

[take action] Stop the GOP Tax Scam 2.0

Here’s what the Biden administration had to say about the new Republican tax package: John, For months, Republicans held our nation’s economy hostage over their demands for caps and cuts to services for working families―all under the guise of deficit reduction. But it took them …
  David Kass · [email protected]
June 17, 2023 at 4:36 PM

[take action] Stop the GOP Tax Scam 2.0

Here’s what the Biden administration had to say about the new Republican tax package: John, Remember the Trump-GOP tax scam from 2017? Now, House Republicans are back with the GOP Tax Scam 2.0. This week, Republicans passed a tax package out of the Ways and Means Committee that …
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
June 16, 2023 at 5:22 PM

RE: Rally our allies against the GOP Tax Scam 2.0

A vote on the House floor is expected next week. John, What was the GOP’s first move after holding our economy hostage in the debt-ceiling debate by demanding cuts to critical services for working families? They introduced a tax package that rewards their millionaire and billiona…
  David Kass · [email protected]
June 15, 2023 at 11:33 PM

Rally our allies against the GOP Tax Scam 2.0

A vote on the House floor is expected next week. John, Immediately after holding our country hostage in the debt-ceiling debate, demanding cuts to critical services for working families, Republicans have turned around and introduced a tax package full of handouts to the ultra-wea…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
June 13, 2023 at 12:59 PM

RE: [take action] Fight back against a GOP tax package that’s a handout to the richest 1% and foreign investors

The House Republican tax bill would do little for those who need help the most. John, The House Ways and Means Committee is making changes to the Republican tax plan today before they vote it out of committee and send it to the full House for a vote. As the bill currently stands,…
  David Kass · [email protected]
June 12, 2023 at 11:49 PM

[take action] Fight back against a GOP tax package that’s a handout to the richest 1% and foreign investors

The House Republican tax bill would do little for those who need help the most. John, GOP tax-writers in the House of Representatives will be trying to rush three bills through committee tomorrow to cut taxes on rich Americans and foreign investors. The Republican tax package wo…
  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
June 11, 2023 at 5:08 PM

RE: INFOGRAPHIC: Here’s how much corporations received from just one loophole after the Trump tax scam

Republicans’ goal is to slash taxes for the wealthy and corporations―and to do so on the backs of working families. John, Late on Friday, Republicans released a tax package that renews three corporate tax cuts from the Trump tax scam, which will cost us billions of dollars in los…
  David Kass · [email protected]
June 10, 2023 at 4:59 PM

INFOGRAPHIC: Here’s how much corporations received from just one loophole after the Trump tax scam

Republicans’ goal is to slash taxes for the wealthy and corporations―and to do so on the backs of working families. John, Immediately after demanding deep cuts to programs for working families in debt ceiling negotiations, House Republicans have now released their tax plan to han…
  David Kass · [email protected]
June 9, 2023 at 8:44 PM

Billionaires are behind a new wave of attacks on voting rights

According to Americans for Tax Fairness research, billionaires pumped over $1 billion into the 2022 elections. John, When we think of voting rights, we often think of federal legislation such as the Voting Rights Act, or of Supreme Court decisions—like the one this week focused o…
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
June 8, 2023 at 6:43 PM

RE: 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, Even while we successfully defended Social Security and Medicare from cuts in Kevin McCarthy’s budget, we knew the fight wasn’t over. McCarthy recently told Fox news:[1] “This isn’t the end…I’m …
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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.…
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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,…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…