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"We're OK with their killing if they'll just do right on <i>taxes</i>."<br>
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On 9/15/10 12:31 AM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
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<td style="font: inherit;" valign="top">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>
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--- On <b>Tue, 9/14/10, Nita Chaudhary, MoveOn.org
Political Action <i><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:moveon-help@list.moveon.org"><moveon-help@list.moveon.org></a></i></b>
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From: Nita Chaudhary, MoveOn.org Political Action
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:moveon-help@list.moveon.org"><moveon-help@list.moveon.org></a><br>
Subject: $100,000 per millionaire<br>
To: "Jenifer Cartwright" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jencart13@yahoo.com"><jencart13@yahoo.com></a><br>
Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 2:05 PM<br>
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Click here to tell Democrats
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"Stand with
President Obama:
Don't let
Republicans hold
middle class tax
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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>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
The petition says: "<span style="font-style:
italic;">Stand with President Obama: Don't let
Republicans hold middle
class tax cuts hostage</span>."</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
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>
<p style="overflow: hidden; margin: 1em 0pt;">
<a moz-do-not-send="true" 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>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
Thanks for all you do.</p>
<p>–Nita, Duncan, Daniel, Joan, and the rest of
the team
</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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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target="_blank"
href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90352&id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=6">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90352&id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=6</a></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
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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href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90353&id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=7">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90353&id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=7</a></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
5. "Rich Americans Save Tax Cuts Instead of
Spending, Moody's Says," Bloomberg News,
September 14, 2010
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href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90354&id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=8">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90354&id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=8</a>
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