John,

When Mitt Romney published a New York Times op-ed calling for higher taxes on the wealthy, he said out loud what Washington usually avoids. People like him have benefited enormously from a tax system that asks far too little of the ultra-rich, and fixing that imbalance is necessary to fund a functioning society.

That should have been a wake-up call for Members of Congress who say they care about making life more affordable for working people. Instead, some lawmakers are protecting loopholes that allow billionaires to pay lower effective tax rates than working families, or are quiet about taxing the rich in order to appease wealthy donors and big corporations.

The public is already ahead of Washington. Research shows that large majorities of Americans, including Republicans, support raising taxes on the wealthy. Voters understand what Congress pretends not to. We can make critical investments in affordable healthcare, housing, child care, and education when millionaires and billionaires finally pay their fair share in taxes.

At Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund, we are done letting lawmakers hide behind vague promises and tax-scam gimmicks. We are pushing concrete, popular revenue solutions like the Billionaires Income Tax, which ensures billionaires pay income taxes each year, just like working people already do. And we are calling out anyone who refuses to say plainly that the rich must finally pay more.

Please make a contribution today and build the movement demanding Congress tax the rich.

Romney’s op-ed made one thing unmistakably clear. This is not a partisan issue. It is a courage issue. When even a conservative plutocrat admits the system is rigged in his favor, the only people left defending the status quo are politicians protecting their donors instead of constituents.

Right now, Congress is choosing paralysis. Instead of raising revenue from extreme wealth, it preserves a system where wealth grows untaxed while public needs go unmet.

Our coalition is applying pressure from every direction through research, media, Capitol Hill advocacy, and grassroots mobilization. But we can only keep pushing if supporters like you help fund this fight.

Make a contribution today and help us turn public outrage into real policy change and real taxes on extreme wealth.

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Together, we can force Congress to scrap our rigged tax code in favor of one where the rich and corporations finally pay their fair share.

David Kass  
Executive Director  
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund