<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e0ae0c27-3875-e219-91ee-59b055f4604e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Greetings,</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I wanted to make sure you've received the latest releases from </span><a href="http://nationalpriorities.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">National Priorities Project</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">! </span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our latest report </span><a href="http://nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2014/budget-proposals-2015/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">stacks up the Ryan, Obama and Progressive budgets</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> against what Americans say we want.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With Tax Day just around the corner, we have a wealth of resources that illustrate how the allocation of taxpayer dollars affects issues that matter to the majority of Americans, like job creation, education, health care, the environment, and earned benefits programs like Social Security and Medicare.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We hope you will be able to leverage our research and data to support your important organizing and advocacy efforts</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">:</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Last week we debuted a </span><a href="http://nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2014/tax-day-2014/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">to-the-penny breakdown</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> of how each 2013 federal income tax dollar was spent. We invite you to share our image on </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.facebook.com/nationalpriorities/photos/a.10150134738209404.294525.79304419403/10152236260429404" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Facebook</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">or </span><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Where+Your+2013+Taxes+Went.+http://pic.twitter.com/nY2gRHWX0P+via+@natpriorities" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We also have </span><a href="http://nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2014/tax-day-2014/taxes-101-seven-things-you-must-know-about-taxes/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">7 things you must know about taxes</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the average taxpayer's receipt for all 50 states, and </span><a href="http://nationalpriorities.org/interactive-data/taxday/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">an individualized receipt for your own 2013 taxes</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> -- all to the penny!</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our team analyzed </span><a href="http://nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2014/president-obamas-fiscal-year-2015-budget/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">President Obama's 2015 budget</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> proposal, put those </span><a href="http://nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2014/presidents-2015-budget-in-pictures/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">numbers into pictures</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and unearthed how his funding request would impact 31 federal programs -- like Head Start, School Lunch, and Section 8 Housing -- </span><a href="http://nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2014/federal-spending-your-state-2013-2015/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">at the state level</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For the first time ever, our researchers told the </span><a href="http://nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2014/history-us-federal-budget-2011-2013/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">modern history of Congress and the federal budget</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and the truth about </span><a href="http://nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2014/sequestration-impact-on-military-spending-2013-2014/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">sequestration's relatively tiny impact on Pentagon spending</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> relative to the cuts suffered by domestic programs.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">And don't miss a re-launched portion of our site for our </span><a href="http://nationalpriorities.org/works-on/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">eight key issue areas and associated data</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  </span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lastly, check out our interactive tools like the </span><a href="http://nationalpriorities.org/interactive-data/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cost of National Security counters</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and our </span><a href="http://nationalpriorities.org/tradeoffs/041713/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Trade-Offs calculator</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, which shows what taxpayer dollars could buy in funding for federal programs if allocated differently. And don't miss our </span><a href="http://nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Federal Budget 101</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> section.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NPP aims to be the People's Guide to the Federal Budget and we </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">love feedback and partnership!</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Please contact our Executive Director, Jo Comerford (</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:jo@nationalpriorities.org">jo@nationalpriorities.org</a></span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), to weigh in and/or to explore future collaborations.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All the best,</span></p>
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<div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Mary Bui</div><div>Intern<br>National Priorities Project, <a href="http://nationalpriorities.org/pressroom/release/npp-nominated-2014-nobel-peace-prize/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><b>2014 nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize</b></i></a><br>
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