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  David Kass · [email protected]
May 1, 2024 at 10:37 PM

[take action] Hold Tesla and Elon Musk accountable to its workers

Americans for Tax Fairness research shows that between 2018 and 2022, Tesla paid its top 5 executives $2.5 billion while paying $0 in federal income taxes. John, Tesla is the only major American automaker whose workers are not represented by a union. So it was easy for the compan…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
April 30, 2024 at 10:02 PM

ADD YOUR NAME: Tell Congress to close this loophole that allows Wall Street to dodge $6.5 billion in taxes

Wall Street hedge fund managers shouldn't be allowed to pay a lower tax rate than working families. John, Did you know that Wall Street hedge-fund managers can pay roughly half the tax rate than those earning traditional wages pay? This is because of something called the “carried…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
April 28, 2024 at 5:24 PM

RE: Just in the last week, we’ve taken tens of thousands of actions to hold the rich and corporations accountable

For generations, Republicans and their Wall Street benefactors have tried to sell us on the fantasy of “trickle-down economics”. John, Already, more than 107,000 people have signed our petition demanding Congress side with working people, not billionaires and Big Business. And, …
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  David Kass · [email protected]
April 27, 2024 at 7:23 PM

Just in the last week, we’ve taken tens of thousands of actions to hold the rich and corporations accountable

For generations, Republicans and their Wall Street benefactors have tried to sell us on the fantasy of “trickle-down economics”. John, During the first two years of the pandemic, from July 2020 to July 2022, inflation rose by 14% while corporate profits rose by an astounding 74%.…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
April 25, 2024 at 3:22 PM

RE: [take action] Tell Congress to pass the Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act

Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky have introduced the Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act. John, Corporations are using loopholes and tax breaks to avoid paying their fair share in taxes, from stashing profits in offshore tax havens like the Cayman Islands …
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  David Kass · [email protected]
April 24, 2024 at 2:01 PM

Tell Congress: End tax breaks for corporations that ship jobs overseas

Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky have introduced the Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act. John, In 2018, the first year of the Trump-GOP tax scam, 34% of large profitable corporations paid $0 in federal income taxes.[1] Thankfully, we’ve begun to make pro…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
April 23, 2024 at 3:42 PM

Support Elizabeth Warren’s new bill to hold greedy corporations accountable

Combat corporate greed by sending a message to your senators and representative today. John, Last year, we wrote to you about a new report from Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) on “greedflation”―the difference between inflation and what businesses are charging consumers. According to Senato…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
April 20, 2024 at 6:35 PM

In this election year, our reporting is critical to unrigging our tax code

Together, we’re fighting for a tax system that puts working people first. John, If Republicans win back the White House and control both bodies of Congress, their top legislative priority in 2025 will be to renew soon-to-expire provisions in the Trump-GOP tax scam that mostly ben…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
April 19, 2024 at 5:57 PM

Tell Congress: Strengthen Social Security; make the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes

Add your name now to tell Congress: Protect and expand Social Security by making the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes! John, Each year, 94% of U.S. workers pay into Social Security on all of their income.[1] But millionaires stop paying by the end of February. And billionair…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
April 17, 2024 at 6:52 PM

[take action] Demand Congress side with working people, not billionaires and large profitable corporations

We’re rallying national allies to keep the pressure on Congress to act. John, Monday was Tax Day and guess who didn’t pay their fair share in taxes? Billionaires and ultra-millionaires who can go years, if not indefinitely, without paying income taxes on their massive wealth gain…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
April 15, 2024 at 10:58 PM

New report highlights how we can address destabilizing levels of income and wealth inequality

Together, we’re fighting to narrow inequality and create an economy that works for everyone, not just those on top. John, This Tax Day, Americans for Tax Fairness is out with a new report highlighting how neither the nation’s richest individuals, nor its biggest corporations, are…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
April 14, 2024 at 10:23 PM

RE: New report on destabilizing levels of income and wealth inequality:

New Americans for Tax Fairness reporting shows that America’s 806 billionaires now own 50% more wealth than the bottom half of U.S. society. John, In our latest report on billionaire wealth, Americans for Tax Fairness shows that the 806 American billionaires now own 50% more weal…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
April 12, 2024 at 8:50 PM

New report on destabilizing levels of income and wealth inequality:

New Americans for Tax Fairness reporting shows that America’s 806 billionaires now own 50% more wealth than the bottom half of U.S. society. John, When Donald Trump thinks the cameras are off, what does he tell his “rich as hell” billionaire donors? “We're gonna give you tax cuts…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
April 11, 2024 at 2:50 PM

RE: Tell Congress: This Tax Day, side with working people, not billionaires and Big Business

Together, we’re fighting to unrig our tax code to build an economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthy few. John, Trickle-down economics is a fantasy dreamed up by the super-rich to rig our tax code and our economy in favor of millionaires, billionaires, and large profi…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
April 9, 2024 at 10:13 PM

Tell Congress: This Tax Day, side with working people, not billionaires and Big Business

Together, we’re fighting to unrig our tax code to build an economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthy few. John, Tax Day is less than a week away, and guess who’s not paying their fair share in taxes? The richest 1% who, according to a new report, now hold $44 trillion…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
April 6, 2024 at 9:33 PM

RE: Tell Congress: Reject regressive tax policies that further enrich the wealthy

With the Speaker’s back against the wall, fighting for his political life, he may be willing to do just about anything to retain his speakership. John, When Congress returns next week, Speaker Mike Johnson will be fighting for his political life. After Marjorie Taylor Greene fil…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
April 5, 2024 at 8:03 PM

Tell Congress: Reject regressive tax policies that further enrich the wealthy

With the Speaker’s back against the wall, fighting for his political life, he may be willing to do just about anything to retain his speakership. John, As soon as Congress passed a bipartisan budget agreement to avert a government shutdown, the MAGA wing of the Republican Party t…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
April 3, 2024 at 5:33 PM

RE: New ATF Research: A record number of billionaires are holding a record amount of wealth

We’re building support for the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax in the House and the Billionaires Income Tax in the Senate. John, Did you see David’s email? According to a new report from CNBC, the wealth of the richest 1% just reached a record $44 trillion.[1] And, at the same tim…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
April 2, 2024 at 11:13 PM

New ATF Research: A record number of billionaires are holding a record amount of wealth

We’re building support for the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax in the House and the Billionaires Income Tax in the Senate. John, New Americans for Tax Fairness research shows that there are now 806 billionaires in America with a combined wealth of nearly $5.8 trillion―that’s a rec…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
March 31, 2024 at 11:43 PM

RE: It’s time for billionaires and ultra-millionaires to pay their fair share of taxes

When we finally tax the wealth of billionaires and ultra-millionaires, we’ll be able to invest in working families and communities. John, As recently as 2020, 400 of the richest Americans held more wealth than all 10 million Black U.S. households combined.[1] How do we combat run…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
March 30, 2024 at 4:50 PM

It’s time for billionaires and ultra-millionaires to pay their fair share of taxes

When we finally tax the wealth of billionaires and ultra-millionaires, we’ll be able to invest in working families and communities. John, Already, more than 50,000 people have signed on as grassroots co-sponsors of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act―new legislat…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
March 29, 2024 at 12:43 AM

New Poll: Even the ultra-wealthy support a tax on billionaire wealth

Wealth inequality is spiraling out of control. John, There’s momentum to develop a tax on billionaire wealth not just in the United States, but also abroad. Member nations of the G20 will be meeting in the coming weeks to develop the agenda for this year’s G20 summit―and under c…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
March 27, 2024 at 10:10 PM

Tell Congress: Make millionaires, billionaires, and large profitable corporations pay what they owe in taxes

It makes a lot more sense to make the rich and corporations pay their fair share of taxes than to take healthcare, food, and shelter away from children and working families. John, Last week, Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson said out loud what we’d all been guessing all along. The Republ…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
March 26, 2024 at 7:37 PM

How much time and money did you spend filing your taxes this year?

We need a strong and functioning IRS to hold the wealthy accountable and provide working people with the resources they need to file their taxes easily. John, How much time and money did you spend filing your taxes this year? If you’re like most Americans, you spent roughly 11 ho…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
March 24, 2024 at 6:34 PM

RE: Demand Congress unrig our tax code

This research is critical to applying pressure to Congress to pass policies that unrig our tax code and put working people first. John, In our latest report in conjunction with the Institute for Policy Studies, we found that 35 corporations―including Tesla, T-Mobile, Netflix, Met…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
March 23, 2024 at 4:04 PM

Demand Congress unrig our tax code

This research is critical to applying pressure to Congress to pass policies that unrig our tax code and put working people first. John, Our latest report, titled “More for Them, Less for Us”, shines a spotlight on 35 large profitable corporations that paid their 5 top executives …
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  David Kass · [email protected]
March 22, 2024 at 4:33 PM

[take action] New Republican proposal would cut Social Security by $1.5 trillion

By wide margins, Democrats, Republicans, and Independents support expanding, not cutting Social Security. John, Last week, in an interview with CNBC, Donald Trump told voters “there’s a lot you can do … in terms of cutting” Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.[1] This week, …
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
March 20, 2024 at 4:20 PM

RE: Add Your Name: Fight for the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act

When we finally tax the wealth of billionaires and ultra-millionaires, we’ll be able to invest in working families and communities. John, I wanted to make sure you saw David’s email from yesterday. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Brendan Boyle have just intro…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
March 19, 2024 at 7:32 PM

[take action] It’s time for billionaires and ultra-millionaires to pay their fair share of taxes

When we finally tax the wealth of billionaires and ultra-millionaires, we’ll be able to invest in working families and communities. John, America’s 741 billionaires saw their fortunes grow by 78%―or $2.3 trillion―over the first five years of the Trump-GOP tax scam.[1] And they’re…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
March 17, 2024 at 6:20 PM

RE: New Report: 35 corporations paid top executives more than they paid in taxes

This research is critical to applying pressure to Congress to pass policies that unrig our tax code and put working people first. John, When Donald Trump and congressional Republicans passed a tax scam that handed trillions of dollars in tax breaks to the rich and corporations, t…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
March 16, 2024 at 9:03 PM

New Report: 35 corporations paid top executives more than they paid in taxes

This research is critical to applying pressure to Congress to pass policies that unrig our tax code and put working people first. John, It’s not just billionaires who are getting away without paying their fair share in taxes. It’s major corporations too. In a new report from Ame…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
March 14, 2024 at 4:51 PM

RE: Tell Congress: Pass a budget that invests in working families, paid for by the rich

Together, we’re fighting for an economy and a tax system that put working people first. John, Over the last week, we’ve seen dueling visions for our country’s future. House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington released the Republican 2025 budget―which seeks to cut $6 trillion …
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  David Kass · [email protected]
March 13, 2024 at 7:01 PM

Tell Congress: Pass a budget that invests in working families, paid for by the rich

Together, we’re fighting for an economy and a tax system that put working people first. John, The priorities of Congressional Republicans are pretty simple: Tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations, paid for through cuts to critical services for working families. This week, P…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
March 12, 2024 at 6:59 PM

We can lower costs for working families when the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes

The budget would also expand Social Security by making millionaires and billionaires pay more of their fair share. John, Budgets reflect our priorities, whether it’s a family’s budget that prioritizes necessities like food, housing, and education or it’s the federal budget that s…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
March 11, 2024 at 3:26 PM

RE: President Biden: “No billionaire should pay a lower tax rate than a teacher, a sanitation workers, a nurse.”

The Billionaire Minimum Income Tax could raise at least $360 billion over the next decade. John, In his State of the Union address, President Biden made a forceful call for the wealthy and corporations to pay their fair share in taxes. Did you know that millionaires and billio…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
March 9, 2024 at 9:17 PM

President Biden: “No billionaire should pay a lower tax rate than a teacher, a sanitation workers, a nurse.”

The Billionaire Minimum Income Tax could raise at least $360 billion over the next decade. John, Polling shows that 74% of likely voters―including majorities of Democrats, Independents, and even Republicans―support a Billionaire Minimum Income Tax.[1] And that’s exactly what Pres…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
March 8, 2024 at 2:33 PM

RE: “Biden Will Push Higher Taxes for the Rich in State of the Union”

In this pivotal election year, we need to continue to fight for policies that put working people first. John, President Biden knows what matters to the American people. He talked about it last night in his State of the Union address and will keep talking about it on the campaign …
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  David Kass · [email protected]
March 7, 2024 at 7:08 PM

“Biden Will Push Higher Taxes for the Rich in State of the Union”

In this pivotal election year, we need to continue to fight for policies that put working people first. John, Sky-high costs on everything from groceries to childcare to healthcare to eldercare are squeezing working families across the country. The best way to reduce what famili…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
March 6, 2024 at 6:23 PM

RE: Donald Trump and the GOP want to double down on tax breaks for the rich and corporations

Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have signaled that, if elected this November, more tax breaks for the rich and corporations are their top priority in 2025. John, Election season is in full swing, and what is one of the top issues people are voting on? Tax fairness! Re…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
March 5, 2024 at 11:12 PM

Donald Trump and the GOP want to double down on tax breaks for the rich and corporations

Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have signaled that, if elected this November, more tax breaks for the rich and corporations are their top priority in 2025. John, Donald Trump’s single largest “accomplishment” as President was passing a tax scam that handed the majority…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
February 29, 2024 at 3:10 PM

RE: Lift the cap!

If millionaires and billionaires paid into Social Security on a larger share of their income, we could not only expand Social Security for millions of people, we could strengthen the Trust Fund into the next century. John, Today is Millionaire’s Day. You might be thinking, “Isn’…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
February 28, 2024 at 8:48 PM

Lift the cap!

If millionaires and billionaires paid into Social Security on a larger share of their income, we could not only expand Social Security for millions of people, we could strengthen the Trust Fund into the next century. John, This week, millionaires stop paying into Social Security.…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
February 27, 2024 at 10:23 PM

RE: [take action] Demand millionaires pay into Social Security all year long

Together, we’re fighting for the future of Social Security and for a tax code that ensures the ultra-wealthy are paying their fair share. John, Each year, Social Security lifts more than 20 million people above the poverty line—the majority of them older Americans, but also disab…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
February 26, 2024 at 6:39 PM

[take action] Demand millionaires pay into Social Security all year long

Together, we’re fighting for the future of Social Security and for a tax code that ensures the ultra-wealthy are paying their fair share. John, While 94% of workers pay into Social Security all year long, that’s not the case for millionaires and billionaires.[1] Billionaires like…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
February 24, 2024 at 3:32 PM

RE: Republicans want you to pay greedy corporations to file your taxes

The new Direct File pilot program is under attack. John, Republicans are trying to use a manufactured crisis to stop the IRS’s new Direct File pilot program. Direct File is a new way for everyday taxpayers to file their federal and state tax returns at the same time for free onli…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
February 22, 2024 at 9:53 PM

Republicans want you to pay greedy corporations to file your taxes

Republicans are trying to use a manufactured crisis to stop the IRS’s new Direct File pilot program. John, When Congress returns next week, they will have just a couple of days to pass government funding legislation, or we’ll enter a partial government shutdown. Republicans are …
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
February 21, 2024 at 11:22 PM

RE: [take action] The new, free IRS Direct File system is under attack

Republicans want to kill Direct File, forcing taxpayers to keep relying on high-priced tax-filing services. John, For years, tax filing corporations like TurboTax and H&R Block have successfully blocked the IRS from implementing a free, easy-to-use, online tax filing program—…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
February 20, 2024 at 10:19 PM

[take action] The new, free IRS Direct File system is under attack

Republicans want to kill Direct File, forcing taxpayers to keep relying on high-priced tax-filing services. John, Republicans are continuing their relentless attacks on the IRS. Already, Republicans secured a $20 billion cut from the restored IRS funding we fought for and won in…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
February 18, 2024 at 5:20 PM

RE: Together, we’re shining a spotlight on corporate greed.

It’s time for corporations to pay their fair share in taxes! John, While congressional Republicans and high-priced Wall Street lobbyists are demanding even more corporate tax breaks, we’re demanding Congress raise the corporate tax rate from 21% to at least 28% and the stock buyb…
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  David Kass · [email protected]
February 17, 2024 at 7:57 PM

Together, we’re shining a spotlight on corporate greed.

It’s time for corporations to pay their fair share in taxes! John, Whether protecting and expanding corporate loopholes, or ensuring their CEOs and other wealthy shareholders pay a discounted rate on their wealth gains, billion-dollar corporations and their lobbyists have rigged …
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