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  David Kass · [email protected]
July 23, 2024 at 8:10 PM

Elon Musk and Peter Thiel are using their untaxed wealth to influence our democracy

Here’s what Elon Musk’s $180 million could do if it were invested in the American people instead of used to buy political influence. John, The battle for the soul of our democracy is reaching a critical tipping point. As working families struggle with rising costs and stagnant wa…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
July 21, 2024 at 5:20 PM

RE: Join the fight against Project 2025 today

As the GOP convention concludes, Project 2025 threatens to upend our entire tax system and devastate millions of American families. John, The Republican National Convention has concluded, but the true danger to our economy is only now coming into focus. While the media fixates on…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
July 20, 2024 at 4:13 PM

Join the fight against Project 2025 today

As the GOP convention concludes, Project 2025 threatens to upend our entire tax system and devastate millions of American families. John, The Republican National Convention just wrapped up in Milwaukee but while the media focuses on election horse races, a dangerous economic plan…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
July 18, 2024 at 9:08 PM

How we counter Trump's misleading convention rhetoric

As Trump takes the stage tonight, remember: his policies have helped concentrate more wealth in the hands of fewer people than at any point in American history. John, In just a few hours, Donald Trump will take the stage at the Republican National Convention. He'll try to soften …
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
July 17, 2024 at 7:51 PM

RE: The Republican convention is hiding a dangerous economic plan

News networks must cover the GOP's dangerous economic blueprint at the convention. John, As the Republican National Convention continues in Milwaukee, the true scale of Project 2025 is becoming alarmingly clear. This is a ready-made playbook for reshaping our entire economy to be…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
July 16, 2024 at 11:21 PM

The Republican convention is hiding a dangerous economic plan

News networks must cover the GOP's dangerous economic blueprint at the convention. John, The Republican National Convention kicked off yesterday in Milwaukee, and behind the pageantry lies Project 2025, a dangerous economic blueprint that threatens to reshape our entire tax syste…
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  John Foti · [email protected]
July 12, 2024 at 7:22 PM

RE: BREAKING: America’s billionaires are worth a record $6 TRILLION

Wealth growth for America’s 800 billionaires has far out-paced that of 66 million American households. John, Yesterday, we reached a dubious milestone. America’s roughly 800 billionaires are now worth a collective $6 trillion.[1] That’s more than twice what they were worth prior…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
July 12, 2024 at 12:20 AM

BREAKING: America’s billionaires are worth a record $6 TRILLION

Wealth growth for America’s 800 billionaires has far out-paced that of 66 million American households. John, You already know that the 2017 Trump-GOP tax scam was heavily skewed toward the rich and corporations. But today, we reached a new milestone. According to an Americans f…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
July 10, 2024 at 5:21 PM

RE: Demand major news networks expose Project 2025's right-wing tax scheme

Project 2025’s tax plan would slash corporate taxes, give huge tax breaks to the wealthy, and add $4 trillion to the national debt―yet major news networks are ignoring it. John, As Project 2025 continues to evade major media coverage, economic experts are sounding the alarm about…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
July 9, 2024 at 10:53 PM

Demand major news networks expose Project 2025's right-wing tax scheme

Project 2025’s tax plan would slash corporate taxes, give huge tax breaks to the wealthy, and add $4 trillion to the national debt―yet major news networks are ignoring it. John, With the 2024 election on the horizon, Trump allies have quietly unveiled Project 2025―a radical plan …
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
July 7, 2024 at 5:33 PM

RE: Trump’s tax policy vs. Biden’s tax policy

As Nobel economists sound the alarm on Trump's inflation-sparking tax plan, we only have 4 months left to protect working families from his harmful tax policies. John, The response to our alert about Trump's dangerous tax policies has been overwhelming. But with less than 4 month…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
July 6, 2024 at 7:05 PM

Trump’s tax policy vs. Biden’s tax policy

As Nobel economists sound the alarm on Trump's inflation-sparking tax plan, we only have 4 months left to protect working families from his harmful tax policies. John, With less than 4 months until the election, we're facing a critical moment for our economy. Sixteen Nobel prize-…
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  John Foti · [email protected]
July 3, 2024 at 3:21 PM

RE: It's time for corporations to stop dodging their patriotic duty

This 4th of July, let's declare our independence from corporate greed and build an economy that works for all Americans, not just wealthy shareholders. John, As Americans across the country prepare for 4th of July celebrations, corporate America continues to dodge its patriotic d…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
July 2, 2024 at 11:03 PM

It's time for corporations to stop dodging their patriotic duty

This 4th of July, let's declare our independence from corporate greed and build an economy that works for all Americans, not just wealthy shareholders. John, As we prepare to celebrate our nation's independence, our latest report reveals a shocking lack of patriotism from the cou…
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  John Foti · [email protected]
June 30, 2024 at 5:23 PM

RE: Wall Street is celebrating while Main Street gets fleeced

Our groundbreaking report has uncovered a scandal that exposes the depths of corporate greed in America. John, Our latest report doesn't just expose corporate greed―it unveils a Wall Street-driven scheme that's draining corporate coffers and threatening America's economic future…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
June 29, 2024 at 7:25 PM

Wall Street is celebrating while Main Street gets fleeced

Our groundbreaking report has uncovered a scandal that exposes the depths of corporate greed in America. John, From 2018 to 2022, as many Americans struggled to make ends meet, 280 of the nation's largest corporations funneled an astonishing $4.4 trillion of profits into stock b…
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  John Foti · [email protected]
June 26, 2024 at 8:22 PM

RE: Corporations shower wealthy shareholders with 7 times more than they pay in taxes

Our groundbreaking new report has exposed how massive corporations are dodging taxes while funneling billions to wealthy shareholders. John, Our newest report has uncovered how massive corporations spend billions on stock buybacks and dividend payments, further enriching their we…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
June 25, 2024 at 8:18 PM

Corporations shower wealthy shareholders with 7 times more than they pay in taxes

Our groundbreaking new report has exposed how massive corporations are dodging taxes while funneling billions to wealthy shareholders. John, Our groundbreaking new report reveals an outrageous truth: Over a recent five year period, big corporations spent seven times more enrichin…
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  John Foti · [email protected]
June 24, 2024 at 4:22 PM

RE: Co-sign Bernie Sanders’s letter to tax global billionaire wealth

Send an unmistakable message to President Biden and Secretary Yellen: the American people stand firmly behind a global minimum tax on billionaires. John, The consequences of rampant tax avoidance are devastating. Every dollar that the ultra-wealthy fail to pay in taxes is a dolla…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
June 23, 2024 at 4:53 PM

Co-sign Bernie Sanders’s letter to tax global billionaire wealth

Send an unmistakable message to President Biden and Secretary Yellen: the American people stand firmly behind a global minimum tax on billionaires. John, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ilhan Omar are taking a bold stand for tax fairness on the international stage. In a letter addre…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
June 21, 2024 at 7:20 PM

RE: Stop Republicans from gutting the IRS

Republican tax schemes threaten to cripple IRS enforcement and block Direct File. John, Republicans are once again attacking the IRS in ways that benefit wealthy and corporate tax cheats at the expense of working Americans. Last week, the House Appropriations Committee voted to s…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
June 20, 2024 at 8:11 PM

Stop Republicans from gutting the IRS

Republican tax schemes threaten to cripple IRS enforcement and block Direct File. John, Last week, the House Appropriations Committee voted to slash more than $2 billion from IRS enforcement and block the IRS from implementing Direct File nationwide. These moves are deliberate at…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
June 18, 2024 at 9:21 PM

[take action] Let’s make Direct File available to taxpayers in all 50 states

This new program, called Direct File, ran in 12 states and saved 140,000 taxpayers $5.6 million―plus hours of time spent filing their taxes. John, American taxpayers spend around 2 billion hours and more than $30 billion filing their taxes each year.[1] Most of this money goes to…
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  John Foti · [email protected]
June 16, 2024 at 5:50 PM

RE: Tell Congress: Let this egregious tax loophole expire

Permanently extending the pass-through loophole would cost over $700 billion in lost revenue. John, Tax cuts for the rich exacerbate income and wealth inequality. They also exacerbate the racial wealth gap. The U.S. Treasury Department estimates that 90% of one of the worst elem…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
June 15, 2024 at 6:13 PM

Tell Congress: Let this egregious tax loophole expire

Permanently extending the pass-through loophole would cost over $700 billion in lost revenue. John, With portions of the Trump-GOP tax scam set to expire next year, and Donald Trump promising his billionaire and corporate donors that he’ll keep their taxes low, we’re fighting to …
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  John Foti · [email protected]
June 14, 2024 at 7:22 PM

RE: House Republicans’ hearing on the “solvency” of Social Security

Help counter the right-wing narrative about Social Security. John, Republicans and their Wall Street paymasters like to claim that Social Security is going broke. They even held a hearing in the House Budget Committee yesterday on the “solvency” of Social Security and its “impact…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
June 13, 2024 at 6:11 PM

House Republicans’ hearing on the “solvency” of Social Security

Help counter the right-wing narrative about Social Security. John, If nothing is done to bolster Social Security’s finances, Social Security benefits will see a 17% cut 11 years from now. So, what is the Republican plan to strengthen Social Security? Cuts. The solution to cuts d…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
June 12, 2024 at 9:20 PM

RE: Cuts to the IRS = Handouts to wealthy tax cheats

This Thursday, the House Appropriations Committee will vote on the Republican proposal that attacks IRS funding and Direct File. John, As soon as House Republicans announced their plans to cut billions of dollars from IRS tax enforcement and bar the agency from fully implementing…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
June 11, 2024 at 7:42 PM

Cuts to the IRS = Handouts to wealthy tax cheats

This Thursday, the House Appropriations Committee will vote on the Republican proposal that attacks IRS funding and Direct File. John, When the IRS launched its first-ever free online tax filing system this year, the hope was that its success would spur an expansion to millions m…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
June 9, 2024 at 5:21 PM

RE: [take action] Protect the IRS’s new “Direct File” tax filing program from GOP attacks

Just as the IRS has announced that it will be expanding Direct File to all 50 states next tax filing season, House Republicans are seeking to defund the IRS. John, The IRS’s new “Direct File” pilot program, which is allowing taxpayers to file taxes online for free, was a huge suc…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
June 7, 2024 at 5:39 PM

[take action] Protect the IRS’s new “Direct File” tax filing program from GOP attacks

Just as the IRS has announced that it will be expanding Direct File to all 50 states next tax filing season, House Republicans are seeking to defund the IRS. John, When we fought for and won historic investments in the IRS, it quickly resulted in better customer service for every…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
June 6, 2024 at 2:32 PM

RE: [take action] Demand states reject trickle-down economics and instead tax the rich!

From Florida to North Carolina to Ohio, states are seeing the negative impact of undertaxing the rich and corporations. John, From Florida to North Carolina to Ohio, states are seeing the negative impact of undertaxing the rich and corporations. From funding shortfalls to inadequ…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
June 5, 2024 at 5:09 PM

[take action] Demand states reject trickle-down economics and instead tax the rich!

From Florida to North Carolina to Ohio, states are seeing the negative impact of undertaxing the rich and corporations. John, State tax policy can have just as much impact on working families—for good or ill—as federal tax policy. In North Carolina, tax cuts on the wealthy and c…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
June 2, 2024 at 8:21 PM

RE: House Majority Leader’s first 100 day plan: Cut taxes for the rich and corporations

The CBO projects that an extension of the tax scam would cost $4.6 trillion over the next decade. John, Republicans aren’t hiding their plans if they take control of the White House and Congress later this year: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) has told lawmakers tha…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
June 1, 2024 at 9:46 PM

House Majority Leader’s first 100 day plan: Cut taxes for the rich and corporations

The CBO projects that an extension of the tax scam would cost $4.6 trillion over the next decade. John, This presidential election is about many things. Defending democracy. Protecting the rights of marginalized communities and working people. And, according to House Majority Lea…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
May 31, 2024 at 3:24 PM

RE: Let’s stop handing $17 billion in tax subsidies each year to the fossil fuel industry

Bernie Sanders: “No, working families should not be forced to pad the profits of an industry that is destroying our planet.” John, Fossil fuel corporations are spending millions of dollars in lobbying and advertisements to convince lawmakers and the American public that the scien…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
May 30, 2024 at 7:09 PM

Let’s stop handing $17 billion in tax subsidies each year to the fossil fuel industry

Bernie Sanders: “No, working families should not be forced to pad the profits of an industry that is destroying our planet.” John, For decades, the fossil fuel industry has misled the American people and the world about the role oil, coal, and gas have played in creating the clim…
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  John Foti · [email protected]
May 24, 2024 at 4:05 PM

RE: Taxing the ultra-wealthy is both popular and effective

Billionaires are using their wealth and influence to elect candidates who will push their ideology of fewer taxes on the rich and fewer rights for everyone else. John, Raising taxes on the rich is popular across party lines. According to a poll from Data for Progress, 68% of vote…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
May 23, 2024 at 10:17 PM

Taxing the ultra-wealthy is both popular and effective

Billionaires are using their wealth and influence to elect candidates who will push their ideology of fewer taxes on the rich and fewer rights for everyone else. John, In 2022, Massachusetts voted to implement a 4% “millionaires tax” and it’s doing far better than anyone expect…
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  John Foti · [email protected]
May 22, 2024 at 4:34 PM

RE: Billionaires have already spent more than $600 million this election. But the real number is much higher.

Dark money groups can raise unlimited sums and don’t need to disclose their donors. John, According to Americans for Tax Fairness reporting, billionaires spent more than $1 billion in the 2022 midterm election and have already spent more than $600 million in this year’s president…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
May 21, 2024 at 10:32 PM

Billionaires have already spent more than $600 million this election. But the real number is much higher.

Dark money groups can raise unlimited sums and don’t need to disclose their donors. John, Our campaign finance system is broken, allowing dark money groups to spend unlimited sums of money to influence our elections without reporting the corporate or billionaire donors behind thi…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
May 19, 2024 at 6:35 PM

RE: Demand Congress act to place constraints on billionaire wealth and power

We’re out with our latest report on billionaires buying elections―and our first of the 2024 election. John, Already in the 2024 election, just 50 billionaire families have spent more than $600 million in an attempt to rig our democracy in their favor. In our latest report titled…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
May 18, 2024 at 5:44 PM

Demand Congress act to place constraints on billionaire wealth and power

We’re out with our latest report on billionaires buying elections―and our first of the 2024 election. John, We’re out with our latest report on billionaires buying elections―and our first of the 2024 election. New Americans for Tax Fairness reporting shows that 50 billionaire fa…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
May 17, 2024 at 3:23 PM

RE: New ATF Report: Billionaires influencing the 2024 election

Our advocacy and reporting are critical to holding millionaires and billionaires accountable. John, Right now, we’re rallying our allies across the country in support of the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax―a bill introduced in Congress that would ensure that every household worth …
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  David Kass · [email protected]
May 16, 2024 at 10:48 PM

New ATF Report: Billionaires influencing the 2024 election

Our advocacy and reporting are critical to holding millionaires and billionaires accountable. John, Through our advocacy and reporting, we’re combating billionaire greed and their influence on our democracy. This week, we released our latest report, “The Billionaire Family Busine…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
May 15, 2024 at 5:51 PM

RE: [take action] Demand Congress let tax cuts for the rich and big corporations expire

Instead of handing more and more wealth to the richest 1%, let’s raise taxes on those at the top and invest those resources in critical programs for working people, our communities, and our future. John, The Trump-GOP tax scam was an expensive failure, mostly funneling badly need…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
May 14, 2024 at 10:33 PM

[take action] Demand Congress let tax cuts for the rich and big corporations expire

Instead of handing more and more wealth to the richest 1%, let’s raise taxes on those at the top and invest those resources in critical programs for working people, our communities, and our future. John, Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are running on a promise to exten…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
May 12, 2024 at 2:31 PM

RE: Apple’s $110B stock buyback scheme is too much!

Stock buybacks boost the portfolios of CEOs and the top 1%, while harming workers and consumers. The Stock Buyback Accountability Act will help counter this trend. John, In the last two years alone, 10 mega-corporations including Google, Meta (formerly Facebook), T-Mobile, and Ra…
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  Robert Reich via Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund · [email protected]
May 11, 2024 at 5:33 PM

Apple’s $110B stock buyback scheme is too much!

Stock buybacks boost the portfolios of CEOs and the top 1%, while harming workers and consumers. The Stock Buyback Accountability Act will help counter this trend. John, please see this important call to action from Robert Reich below and then join the campaign by taking action to…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
May 8, 2024 at 4:33 PM

RE: Tell Congress to pass Bernie Sanders’s Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act

We need a tax code that puts working people first, not major corporations. John, Between 1993 and 2017, the top corporate tax rate was 35% and corporations thrived, regularly racking up record profits. Then came the Trump-GOP tax scam, which slashed the corporate tax rate nearly …
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