David Kass · [email protected]

November 9, 2023 at 11:40 PM

[take action] Instead of more tax breaks for corporations, Congress should put kids and families first

Here are the two most egregious corporate tax handouts that corporate lobbyists are demanding: John, There are serious negotiations in Congress underway right now to attach a tax package to the must-pass stopgap spending bill being voted on next week. And while there is some very…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

November 8, 2023 at 3:23 PM

RE: URGENT: The Senate Judiciary Committee could vote this week to subpoena Clarence Thomas’s billionaire benefactor

The Senate Judiciary Committee could vote this Thursday. John, Ahead of tomorrow’s Judiciary Committee meeting, Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) and senior member Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) issued the following joint statement:[1] “By accepting these lavish, undisclosed …

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

November 7, 2023 at 10:38 PM

URGENT: The Senate Judiciary Committee could vote this week to subpoena Clarence Thomas’s billionaire benefactor

The Senate Judiciary Committee could vote this Thursday. John, Whether it’s accepting numerous unreported gifts and cash payments from billionaire benefactors or failing to recuse themselves on cases that benefit those very same billionaires’ interests, we’re holding Supreme Cou…

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

November 6, 2023 at 12:48 AM

[urgent] Tell Congress: Reject cuts and avert a government shutdown

Congress needs to know that we can’t cut our way to prosperity. John, When Congress passed a stopgap spending bill at the end of September to avert a government shutdown, they only provided funding to keep the government running through November 17th. That means we’re less than t…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

November 4, 2023 at 5:24 PM

RE: Republicans are demanding a debt commission to cut your earned benefits

While Republicans claim these cuts are in the name of “fiscal responsibility,” they’re simultaneously moving ahead in that same budget to extend tax cuts for the rich and corporations John, In his first remarks before Congress as the new Speaker of the House, Rep. Mike Johnson ca…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

November 3, 2023 at 2:23 PM

RE: House votes to rescind IRS funding; a massive handout to wealthy and corporate tax cheats

We’re fighting to defend funding for the IRS and making sure that these House-passed bills get no traction in the Senate. John, Last night, the House forced through a bill repealing a portion of the IRS funding that we fought for and won last year. Revoking this investment in the…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

November 2, 2023 at 11:30 PM

House votes to rescind IRS funding; a massive handout to wealthy and corporate tax cheats

We’re fighting to defend funding for the IRS and making sure that these House-passed bills get no traction in the Senate. John, Today, in the first legislative business under new right-wing Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, the House voted to claw back billions of dollars in IRS…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

November 1, 2023 at 3:35 PM

Republicans are demanding a debt commission to cut your earned benefits

While Republicans claim these cuts are in the name of “fiscal responsibility,” they’re simultaneously moving ahead in that same budget to extend tax cuts for the rich and corporations John, When Republicans want to cut popular programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

October 29, 2023 at 10:14 PM

RE: Clarence Thomas’s latest scandal

If the Supreme Court does the bidding of billionaires and corporations, it could have a devastating impact on our ability to tax the rich. John, A recent Gallup poll puts the American people’s approval of the Supreme Court at an all-time low.[1] Whether it’s due to recent rulings…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

October 28, 2023 at 7:07 PM

Clarence Thomas’s latest scandal

If the Supreme Court does the bidding of billionaires and corporations, it could have a devastating impact on our ability to tax the rich. John, In just five weeks, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could threaten Congress’s ability to fairly tax corporations and the ultra-…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

October 26, 2023 at 4:33 PM

RE: These 4 Justices must recuse themselves:

Add your name now and demand Justices Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, and Roberts recuse themselves from Moore v US! Tell Justices Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, and Roberts: “Recuse yourselves from Moore v. United States based on clear conflicts of interest.” ADD YOUR NAME …

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

October 25, 2023 at 10:07 PM

These 4 Justices must recuse themselves:

Add your name now and demand Justices Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, and Roberts recuse themselves from Moore v US! John, Before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Moore v. United States, a case that could threaten Congress’s ability to fairly tax corporations and the ultra-wealt…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

October 24, 2023 at 8:44 PM

If Congress is serious about tackling our country’s debt, they should start by making the rich and corporations pay their fair share of taxes

There is one area that Republicans are in lockstep: John, While congressional Republicans may appear to be in complete disarray as the House enters its fourth week without a Speaker, there is one thing they all agree on: demanding a so-called “Debt Commission.” These kinds of “c…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

October 21, 2023 at 7:36 PM

RE: BREAKING: Senate Republican introduces amendment attacking the IRS

Just this week, we received an update that the Free File pilot program will not only cover federal tax returns, but will also allow state tax filings in a handful of states: John, Republican attacks on the IRS are ramping up with Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introducing an amendment …

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  David Kass · [email protected]

October 20, 2023 at 11:01 PM

BREAKING: Senate Republican introduces amendment attacking the IRS

Just this week, we received an update that the Free File pilot program will not only cover federal tax returns, but will also allow state tax filings in a handful of states: John, When we fought for and won a major investment in the IRS last year, it provided the agency with the …

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

October 17, 2023 at 3:32 PM

RE: [take action] Demand Congress invest in working families, not billion-dollar corporations.

Together, we’re fighting for a tax system that invests in working families, not one that pads the pockets of the richest 1%. John, When congressional Republicans let the expanded Child Tax Credit expire at the end of 2021, it plunged millions of children back into poverty―more th…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

October 15, 2023 at 7:47 PM

RE: Hold billion-dollar, tax-dodging corporations accountable

The IRS is targeting 1,600 millionaires who owe at least $250,000 each in taxes, and closely examining 75 corporations with assets averaging $10 billion. John, When major corporations avoid paying their fair share in taxes, it reduces our ability to invest in working families. La…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

October 14, 2023 at 9:11 PM

Hold billion-dollar, tax-dodging corporations accountable

The IRS is targeting 1,600 millionaires who owe at least $250,000 each in taxes, and closely examining 75 corporations with assets averaging $10 billion. John, Why do we need a fully functioning Internal Revenue Service? Just look at this headline from earlier this week: Cuts …

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  David Kass · [email protected]

October 13, 2023 at 5:03 PM

[take action] Demand Congress invest in working families, not billion-dollar corporations

Together, we’re fighting for a tax system that invests in working families, not one that pads the pockets of the richest 1%. John, Congress should put children over corporations. But that’s not what we’re seeing in the Republican-led House of Representatives. Even as billion-dol…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

October 12, 2023 at 5:02 PM

Tell SCOTUS: Dismiss “Moore v. U.S.”

The Moores and their attorneys lied about key facts in their case. They’re hoping the Supreme Court won’t care. John, The Supreme Court is back in session and preparing to hear a case that could threaten our ability to fairly tax corporations and the ultra-wealthy—both now and in…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

October 10, 2023 at 9:00 PM

RE: [take action] Demand Congress increase, not cut, IRS funding

The Democrats’ $80 billion investment is allowing the IRS to crack down on wealthy tax cheats while better serving everyday taxpayers. John, Even before Democrats passed the $80 billion investment in the IRS to crack down on wealthy and corporate tax cheats and allow the agency t…

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

October 7, 2023 at 10:54 PM

RE: New Report: Billionaires got $2.2 trillion richer!

This 77% spike in billionaire wealth is thanks in part to the 2017 Trump-GOP tax scam. John, Elon Musk = $270 billion Jeff Bezos = $163 billion Larry Ellison = $145.5 billion That’s how much the three richest people in America are worth. According to Americans for Tax Fairness …

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  David Kass · [email protected]

October 6, 2023 at 8:46 PM

New Report: Billionaires got $2.2 trillion richer!

This 77% spike in billionaire wealth is thanks in part to the 2017 Trump-GOP tax scam. John, In our latest report on billionaire wealth, ATF research has found that not only did America’s 748 billionaires get $2.2 trillion richer in the last nearly 6 years, but they now own more …

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

October 5, 2023 at 3:32 PM

RE: “A death panel for Medicare and Social Security”

We won’t let closed-door commissions cut our earned benefits. John, With major uncertainty hanging over the House, those jockeying to be the next Speaker are certainly making promises to appease centrist and right-wing Republicans alike. One issue that unites Republicans is the …

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

October 4, 2023 at 2:18 PM

RE: New Report: Nearly 1,000 millionaires owe $34 billion in taxes

“Thousands of wealthy Americans are actively committing tax evasion.” John, Thanks to new IRS funding that we fought for and won last year, the IRS has already recovered $38 million from 175 high-income tax cheats, reduced wait times for taxpayer assistance from 27 minutes to 4 m…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

October 3, 2023 at 10:08 PM

New Report: Nearly 1,000 millionaires owe $34 billion in taxes

“Thousands of wealthy Americans are actively committing tax evasion.” John, A new report from Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden shows that “thousands of wealthy Americans are actively committing tax evasion” with nearly 1,000 millionaires owing roughly $34 billion in unpai…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

September 30, 2023 at 2:56 PM

[take action] Demand Congress increase, not cut, IRS funding

The Democrats’ $80 billion investment is allowing the IRS to crack down on wealthy tax cheats while better serving everyday taxpayers. John, Last year we fought for and won the largest-ever investment in the IRS. This has allowed the agency to start cracking down on wealthy and c…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

September 28, 2023 at 8:11 PM

“A death panel for Medicare and Social Security”

We won’t let closed-door commissions cut our earned benefits. John, Kevin McCarthy is offering as many bribes as he can think of to convince the hard-right fringe of his caucus to avert a government shutdown this weekend. He’s offered them an impeachment investigation. He’s offer…

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

September 27, 2023 at 2:04 PM

RE: New Infographic: Democrats’ economic agenda vs. MAGAnomics

During the Reagan era, they called their economic agenda trickle-down economics. Today, it’s earned the name MAGAnomics. John, Different name, same agenda―and same disastrous result for working families. During the Reagan era, Republicans called their economic agenda trickle-dow…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

September 26, 2023 at 10:03 PM

New Infographic: Democrats’ economic agenda vs. MAGAnomics

During the Reagan era, they called their economic agenda trickle-down economics. Today, it’s earned the name MAGAnomics. John, When Republicans are in control in Washington, their priorities are completely out of step with the desires of the American people. They pass tax cuts f…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

September 23, 2023 at 6:02 PM

$4 trillion in cuts to pay for a $3.5 trillion tax scam

The federal government is being held hostage by a handful of extremists. John, The federal government is being held hostage by a handful of extremists in Congress who are hurtling us toward a shutdown over their outrageous demands. Just this week, House Budget Committee Chair Jo…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

September 22, 2023 at 4:59 PM

[take action] Tell Ford, GM, and Stellantis to pay workers a fair wage

Between 2013 and 2023, Ford, GM, and Stellantis raked in $250 billion in profits while paying outrageously low taxes. John, One week ago, UAW workers at Ford, GM, and Stellantis went on strike for a fair contract. While the Big Three automakers are raking in record profits―enric…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

September 20, 2023 at 6:21 PM

MAGA Republicans don’t really care about the deficit

We’re less than two weeks away from a potential government shutdown. John, We knew all along that when Republicans passed their 2017 Trump-GOP Tax Scam for the rich and corporations that they’d use the $1.9 trillion deficit it caused as an excuse to slash services for working fam…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

September 19, 2023 at 2:22 PM

RE: Republicans are demanding cuts to programs for working families so they can pay for their Trump-GOP Tax Scam

Extending the Trump-GOP tax cuts would disproportionately benefit the wealthy and corporations. John, Republicans are calling for cuts to services for working families to pay for a $3.5 trillion permanent extension of the Trump-GOP Tax Scam that mostly benefits the wealthy and co…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

September 17, 2023 at 9:04 PM

Republicans are demanding cuts to programs for working families so they can pay for their Trump-GOP Tax Scam

Extending the Trump-GOP tax cuts would disproportionately benefit the wealthy and corporations. John, MAGA Republicans are threatening to shut down the federal government unless Congress bends to their outrageous demands, including cuts to education, nutrition, the IRS, and more.…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

September 15, 2023 at 5:35 PM

RE: Stop Republicans from protecting wealthy tax cheats

In an attempt to protect their wealthy tax-cheat donors, House Republicans are demanding Congress rescind $67 billion of that $80 billion investment. John, The IRS is preparing to crack down on 1,600 millionaires who each owe $250,000 or more in back taxes, and 75 corporations th…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

September 14, 2023 at 5:39 PM

Stop Republicans from protecting wealthy tax cheats

In an attempt to protect their wealthy tax-cheat donors, House Republicans are demanding Congress rescind $67 billion of that $80 billion investment. John, For years, congressional Republicans stripped resources from the IRS, which predictably caused the audit rates of the wealth…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

September 12, 2023 at 3:31 PM

RE: Defend IRS funding from MAGA Republican attacks

Republicans don’t care that every dollar spent on the IRS produces a 7-to-1 return on investment. John, From protecting wealthy tax cheats to maintaining the obscene profits of tax-prep corporations, MAGA Republicans are putting the interests of their wealthy donors over the need…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

September 11, 2023 at 7:41 PM

Defend IRS funding from MAGA Republican attacks

Republicans don’t care that every dollar spent on the IRS produces a 7-to-1 return on investment. John, Each year, wealthy and corporate tax cheats get away with evading around $160 billion in taxes they owe.[1] But, thanks to the largest-ever investment in the IRS, that could be…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

September 10, 2023 at 3:32 PM

RE: This new tax has raised $3.5 billion from greedy corporations:

The top 100 low-wage companies—such as Lowes, Home Depot, Walmart, and Target—have a CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 603 to 1. John, We’ve started holding greedy corporations accountable with a new 1% tax on stock buybacks. What’s a stock buyback, you ask? Stock buybacks are a gimmi…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

September 9, 2023 at 7:36 PM

This new tax has raised $3.5 billion from greedy corporations:

The top 100 low-wage companies—such as Lowes, Home Depot, Walmart, and Target—have a CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 603 to 1. John, Instead of investing in workers’ wages, billion-dollar corporations are using their obscene profits to enrich wealthy shareholders and CEOs. Last year,…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

September 7, 2023 at 5:56 PM

RE: [take action] Fight back against corporate greed.

Over the past three years, 100 of the largest low-wage corporations spent $341 billion on stock buybacks. John, Last year, thanks to your hard work, Congress passed and President Biden signed into law a 1% tax on corporate stock buybacks, which inflate stock prices in order to en…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

September 6, 2023 at 3:51 PM

[take action] Fight back against corporate greed.

Over the past three years, 100 of the largest low-wage corporations spent $341 billion on stock buybacks. John, Corporations claim that when they and their top executives and investors thrive, regular workers thrive, too. But over the last three years, low-wage companies have spe…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

September 2, 2023 at 10:36 PM

Let’s build an economy that works for all of us, not just the wealthy and corporations

We’re fighting for a Billionaire Minimum Income Tax to make billionaires pay taxes on their wealth gains each year, just like working people pay on their wages. John, It's time to build an economy that works for all of us, not just the wealthy and corporations. But right now our …

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

August 31, 2023 at 3:52 PM

RE: Tell Republicans: We will NOT raise the Social Security retirement age!

Republicans want us to work until we die. John, Never trust anyone who would rather raise the retirement age than scrap the cap on how much high-income earners contribute to Social Security. But that’s exactly what most Republicans propose as their plan to “save” Social Security…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

August 30, 2023 at 9:06 PM

Tell Republicans: We will NOT raise the Social Security retirement age!

Republicans want us to work until we die. John, If nothing is done, starting in 2034, Social Security will only be able to pay roughly 80% of benefits owed.[1] This is because American workers only pay into Social Security on their first $160,200 in wages. And, as a result of ri…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

August 29, 2023 at 3:20 PM

RE: Elizabeth Warren & Katie Porter: “Tax prep companies have engaged in a long and aggressive lobbying campaign to prevent the IRS from offering taxpayers a direct filing option.”

According to an investigative report by ProPublica, TurboTax and H&R Block have been hiding their so-called free tax-filing software. John, Together, we’ve been fighting for a free, easy-to-use online tax-filing system to compete with the paid options offered by tax prep corp…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

August 28, 2023 at 10:47 PM

Elizabeth Warren & Katie Porter: “Tax prep companies have engaged in a long and aggressive lobbying campaign to prevent the IRS from offering taxpayers a direct filing option.”

According to an investigative report by ProPublica, TurboTax and H&R Block have been hiding their so-called free tax-filing software. John, For decades, the tax prep industry has spent millions of dollars lobbying the federal government to prevent the IRS from implementing a …

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

August 27, 2023 at 9:02 PM

RE: [fight back] Amazon, Ford, AT&T, and FedEx are among the corporations lobbying to dodge their fair share of taxes

At a time when corporations are price-gouging consumers while paying executives astronomical salaries, it’s time we held them accountable. John, Even as inflation is easing, prices for consumers aren’t coming down as fast as they should be. That’s because greedy price-gouging cor…

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  David Kass · [email protected]

August 26, 2023 at 6:06 PM

[fight back] Amazon, Ford, AT&T, and FedEx are among the corporations lobbying to dodge their fair share of taxes

At a time when corporations are price-gouging consumers while paying executives astronomical salaries, it’s time we held them accountable. John, Last year, we fought for and won a 15% corporate profits minimum tax on billion dollar corporations―because massive corporations like A…

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