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I want to propose an action which may well bear no fruit, but so
what.<br>
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I'm ticked off at the reverse Robin Hood tax scam which our US Rep
Davis is surely going to vote for, probably on Tuesday.<br>
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Proposal: whoever can, gather at Davis' office - say at <b>noon on
Monday, tomorrow the 18th, </b>unless someone has a better
suggestion.<b><br>
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Previous gatherings have mostly been rallies outside on the parking
lot. Instead I propose to pack the office, as people did for the
health care bill. About ten people can squeeze in, and if more
come they can be in the hallway. I'm not proposing a sit-in, not
risking arrest, just an uncomfortably large number of people coming
to say we want Davis to vote Hell No and not sell out our future for
the sake of wealthy people and corporate profits, and stick around
for maybe a half hour or an hour or until they throw us out.<br>
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Problem: I may well be unable to be there myself (expecting a
yet-to-be-scheduled work meeting, which I'll be unable to skip, may
get scheduled for that hour). <br>
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There's lots of source material, but here's a middle-of-the-road
article from Bloomberg of all places saying, basically, that
corporate America doesn't need the money, and naming things that we
do need -- "The largest economic challenges we face include a skills
crisis that our public schools are not addressing, crumbling
infrastructure that imperils our global competitiveness, wage
stagnation coupled with growing wealth inequality, and rising
deficits that will worsen as more baby boomers retire. The tax bill
does nothing to address these challenges. In fact, it makes each of
them worse."<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-12-15/this-tax-bill-is-a-trillion-dollar-blunder">https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-12-15/this-tax-bill-is-a-trillion-dollar-blunder</a><br>
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Who would be in?<br>
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