[Peace-discuss] Fw: Petition for Dems to repeal Bush tax cuts for the rich

[Jenifer Cartwright]

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! --Jenifer

--- On Tue, 9/14/10, Nita Chaudhary, MoveOn.org Political Action <moveon-help at list.moveon.org> wrote:

From: Nita Chaudhary, MoveOn.org Political Action <moveon-help at list.moveon.org>
Subject: $100,000 per millionaire
To: "Jenifer Cartwright" <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 2:05 PM




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Click here to tell Democrats in Congress:



"Stand with President Obama: Don't let Republicans hold middle class tax cuts hostage."




Sign the petition





Dear MoveOn member,

Election Day is just seven weeks away, and 
Democrats' best shot is to expose Republicans as working only to protect
 millionaires and corporations. Luckily, Republicans have handed them a
 golden opportunity to do just that.


With the Bush tax cuts set to expire in December, President Obama 
has proposed extending the tax cuts focused on families making less than $250,000.1 But 
Republicans—and even some corporate Democrats—are demanding a $700 
billion giveaway to the richest Americans in exchange for Obama's middle class tax cuts.2


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.3


Can you sign our petition to Democrats in Congress that 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? We'll deliver it to Majority Leader Harry Reid
 and the other Democrats in Congress later this week.


http://pol.moveon.org/bushtaxcuts/?id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=3


The petition says: "Stand with President Obama: Don't let Republicans hold middle
class tax cuts hostage."


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.4 And they know that trying to sell
 these huge tax giveaways as a standalone measure simply wouldn't fly.


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.5 Struggling families, on the 
other hand, will spend their tax cuts. They need help now, and that will
 help our economy.


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.


Can you sign our petition right now? We're delivering it to Congress later this week.


http://pol.moveon.org/bushtaxcuts/?id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=4


Thanks for all you do.–Nita, Duncan, Daniel, Joan, and the rest of the team
  


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 additional $100,000 tax cut. 




The Washington Post made a great chart showing how outrageous the Republican's plan
is: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/GR2010081106717.gif




Sources:


1. "Obama's plan to extend some tax cuts may be gaining traction," CNN, September 12, 2010


http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90351&id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=5


2.
"Hill battles over Bush tax cuts," Politico, September 13, 2010


http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42106.html


3. "Sixth national poll shows majority support for ending tax cuts for the rich," The
Washington Post, September 14, 2010


http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90352&id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=6


4. "GOP Insists It Won't Give In On Tax Cuts," NPR, September 14, 2010


http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90353&id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=7


5. "Rich Americans Save Tax Cuts Instead of Spending, Moody's Says," Bloomberg News, September 14, 2010


http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90354&id=23401-10635882-E5Lz45x&t=8



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