[Peace-discuss] do we want to do this?

[Ricky Baldwin]

...sign on as a group, I mean?

My individual email is already on its way.

Ricky

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Tell Congress: Estate Tax Repeal Hurts Children &
Families
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Congress is considering giving a trillion dollar tax
cut (mainly to millionaires) while it is cutting
health care, food assistance and many other services
for vulnerable people.
In the coming weeks, Congress will consider repealing
or drastically reducing the estate tax.* This could
result in the loss of upwards of $1 trillion dollars
over the first ten years of repeal, endangering many
services that invest in our communities and neighbors
across America. We expect a vote before the August
recess. Congress may slash Medicaid by $10 billion;
Food Stamps are also threatened. Many services for
low-income families, the elderly, and people with
disabilities have already been cut, with more at risk.
Eliminating the estate tax will seriously imperil the
ability of the federal government to provide nutrition
assistance, after-school services, child care help,
education, workforce development and many other
services to our communities.

*Amazingly, many more reckless tax cuts are also being
planned, but the estate tax repeal may be coming up
soon.

We need your help NOW. Please take one or both of the
following actions:

1. ORGANIZATIONAL SIGN-ON LETTER: If you work for an
organization, please consider signing your
organization's name to a letter asking Senators to
oppose repeal or bad reform options for the estate
tax. The first sign-on deadline is Wednesday, June 29,
6:00 pm. (We will keep the letter open beyond that
date, but are trying to gather as many signatures as
possible by then.) You can read a copy of the letter
here: www.chn.org/pdf/estatetaxsignon.pdf

To sign on, send an email to Becky Lewis at OMB Watch.
Her email is: lewisb at ombwatch.org
If you have any questions about the sign on letter or
the estate tax, please contact Adam Hughes at OMB
Watch at 202.234.8494 or ahughes at ombwatch.org

2. EMAIL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATORS: Send an
email to your Senators and Representative urging them
to oppose gutting the estate tax and other tax cuts
that threaten vital services. Click here to send an
email, then ask your friends to do the same:
http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/chn/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=911



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