<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">As awful as the Dems can be when it comes to wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Repubs are worse on that and every other issue. Sign the petition!<div> --Jenifer<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 9/14/10, Nita Chaudhary, MoveOn.org Political Action <i><moveon-help@list.moveon.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Nita Chaudhary, MoveOn.org Political Action <moveon-help@list.moveon.org><br>Subject: $100,000 per millionaire<br>To: "Jenifer Cartwright" <jencart13@yahoo.com><br>Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 2:05 PM<br><br><div id="yiv1116717688">
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Click here to tell Democrats in Congress:
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"Stand with President Obama: Don't let Republicans hold middle class tax cuts hostage."
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Dear MoveOn member,
<p style="margin:1em 0pt;">
Election Day is just seven weeks away, and
Democrats' best shot is to expose Republicans as working only to protect
millionaires and corporations. Luckily, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Republicans have handed them a
golden opportunity</span> to do just that.</p>
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With the Bush tax cuts set to expire in December, President Obama
has proposed extending the tax cuts focused on families making less than $250,000.<sup>1</sup> But
Republicans—and even some corporate Democrats—are <span style="font-weight:bold;">demanding a $700
billion giveaway to the richest Americans</span> in exchange for Obama's middle class tax cuts.<sup>2</sup></p>
<p style="margin:1em 0pt;">
We need the Senate Leadership to stand up to corporate politicians
who are holding middle class tax cuts hostage in order to protect their millionaire donors. That's what the
president wants. And poll after poll shows it's what the public wants.<sup>3</sup></p>
<p style="margin:1em 0pt;">
Can you sign our petition to Democrats in Congress that <span style="font-weight:bold;">we want them
to stand tall and bring the president's tax cuts—that would cover 98% of families—up for a
vote as soon as possible</span>? We'll deliver it to Majority Leader Harry Reid
and the other Democrats in Congress later this week.</p>
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pol.moveon.org/bushtaxcuts/?id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=3">http://pol.moveon.org/bushtaxcuts/?id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=3</a></p>
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The petition says: "<span style="font-style:italic;">Stand with President Obama: Don't let Republicans hold middle
class tax cuts hostage</span>."</p>
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It's not surprising that Republicans are unwilling to let middle class
tax cuts pass without the giveaways for the rich—those giveaways are worth a ton of
money. People who are already millionaires would get about $100,000
each if the Republicans get their way.<sup>4</sup> And they know that trying to sell
these huge tax giveaways as a standalone measure simply wouldn't fly.</p>
<p style="margin:1em 0pt;">
Because even though you'll hear Republicans complain that "you
don't raise taxes on anybody in a recession," economists agree that the
top 2% will just save the money, meaning it won't help restart the
economy, it'll just go in their pockets.<sup>5</sup> Struggling families, on the
other hand, will spend their tax cuts. They need help now, and that will
help our economy.</p>
<p style="margin:1em 0pt;">
But even though extending the tax cuts for 98% of families while
returning the rates for the top 2% to Clinton-era levels is good policy
and good politics, there's a chance that the Senate leadership will
delay a vote until after the election. This is the Democrats' last
chance to show voters who corporate politicians are really fighting for,
so we need to let them know that we want them to have this fight and
that we'll help them win it.</p>
<p style="margin:1em 0pt;">
Can you sign our petition right now? We're delivering it to Congress later this week.</p>
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pol.moveon.org/bushtaxcuts/?id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=4">http://pol.moveon.org/bushtaxcuts/?id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=4</a></p>
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Thanks for all you do.</p><p>–Nita, Duncan, Daniel, Joan, and the rest of the team
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P.S. To be clear, under President Obama's plan, the average millionaire would receive a $6,349 tax cut—about the same
as someone making $250,000. What Republicans are fighting tooth and nail for is a change that would give each millionaire
an <span style="font-style:italic;">additional</span> $100,000 tax cut.
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<span style="font-style:italic;">The Washington Post</span> made a great chart showing how outrageous the Republican's plan
is: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/GR2010081106717.gif">http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/GR2010081106717.gif</a>
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Sources:</p>
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1. "Obama's plan to extend some tax cuts may be gaining traction," CNN, September 12, 2010
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90351&id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=5">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90351&id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=5</a></p>
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2.
"Hill battles over Bush tax cuts," Politico, September 13, 2010
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42106.html">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42106.html</a></p>
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3. "Sixth national poll shows majority support for ending tax cuts for the rich," <span style="font-style:italic;">The
Washington Post,</span> September 14, 2010
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4. "GOP Insists It Won't Give In On Tax Cuts," NPR<span style="font-style:italic;">, </span>September 14, 2010
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5. "Rich Americans Save Tax Cuts Instead of Spending, Moody's Says," Bloomberg News, September 14, 2010
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