Frank Clemente · [email protected]

January 27, 2023 at 9:33 PM

Bernie Sanders is preparing to re-introduce his bill to expand Social Security

We’re fighting alongside our champions in Congress to expand Social Security benefits and pay for it by lifting the payroll tax cap to make millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share. John, Each year, in February, millionaires stop paying into Social Security. Why? Becaus…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

January 25, 2023 at 7:40 PM

Billionaire $ buys access to politicians

Together, we’re fighting for a democracy where each of our voices and our votes carry equal weight―and where our elections are not dominated by the wealthy few. John, This past Saturday marked the 13th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s disastrous 5-4 Citizens United ruling, whic…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

January 24, 2023 at 5:36 PM

RE: Donald Trump is exhibit A in why we need a more robust IRS

Republicans want to shift who pays taxes away from the wealthy and corporations and toward everyone else. John, Since the House Ways and Means Committee released Trump’s 2015 – 2020 tax returns, we’ve learned that it took nearly three years into his presidency for the IRS to begi…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

January 24, 2023 at 12:06 AM

Donald Trump is exhibit A in why we need a more robust IRS

Republicans want to shift who pays taxes away from the wealthy and corporations and toward everyone else. John, Since 2010, congressional Republicans have slashed the IRS budget by 20%,[1] leading to delays in processing tax returns and refunds and allowing the richest 1% to avoi…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

January 21, 2023 at 3:22 PM

RE: [take action] Defend Social Security from Republican hostage takers

According to the Washington Post, Republicans are already preparing for a default on our country’s debts. John, Just look at this headline from Reuters: House Republicans, led by their MAGA Speaker Kevin McCarthy, plan to block increasing the U.S. debt limit unless Democrats a…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

January 20, 2023 at 8:47 PM

[take action] Defend Social Security from Republican hostage takers

According to the Washington Post, Republicans are already preparing for a default on our country’s debts. “Republicans are threatening to tank the economy and destroy millions of jobs unless Congress slashes Medicare and Social Security. Either outcome will make life worse and ra…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

January 19, 2023 at 4:14 PM

RE: Republicans want to abolish the income tax. What would that mean for working families?

Help fight back against the House Republican agenda that seeks to abolish taxes on the wealthy and shift taxes to working- and low-income families. John, In their first legislative vote of the new Congress, House Republicans voted to defund the IRS so their wealthy and corporate …

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

January 18, 2023 at 9:48 PM

Republicans want to abolish the income tax. What would that mean for working families?

Help fight back against the House Republican agenda that seeks to abolish taxes on the wealthy and shift taxes to working- and low-income families. John, There’s no denying it. Extremists have taken over the House Republican conference. We’ve learned that among other concessions…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

January 15, 2023 at 7:06 PM

RE: Right-wing threats and hostage taking

The threat of not paying our country’s bills puts the U.S. credit rating on shaky ground and threatens our improving economy. John, In order to secure the speaker’s gavel, Kevin McCarthy made major concessions with right-wing factions of his caucus. This included an agreement to …

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

January 14, 2023 at 7:56 PM

Right-wing threats and hostage taking

The threat of not paying our country’s bills puts the U.S. credit rating on shaky ground and threatens our improving economy. John, For months, Republicans have said that if they took control of Congress they would block increasing the U.S. debt limit unless major cuts were made …

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

January 12, 2023 at 3:21 PM

RE: Add Your Name: Tell the Senate to reject House Republicans first order of business

This week, in their first order of legislative business, House Republicans voted to repeal IRS funding designed to modernize the IRS and crack down on millionaire, billionaire, and corporate tax cheats. John, Whenever a Democrat is in the White House, Republicans pretend to care …

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

January 11, 2023 at 9:58 PM

Add Your Name: Tell the Senate to reject House Republicans first order of business

This week, in their first order of legislative business, House Republicans voted to repeal IRS funding designed to modernize the IRS and crack down on millionaire, billionaire, and corporate tax cheats. John, This week, in their first order of legislative business, House Republic…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

January 10, 2023 at 4:44 PM

RE: BREAKING: Republicans vote to protect wealthy and corporate tax cheats; defund the IRS

Last year, we fought for and won a historic investment in the IRS to modernize services for everyday taxpayers and to crack down on wealthy tax cheats who dodge $160 billion that they owe in taxes each year. John, What is the most pressing issue facing the United States? If you s…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

January 10, 2023 at 2:57 AM

BREAKING: Republicans vote to protect wealthy and corporate tax cheats; defund the IRS

Last year, we fought for and won a historic investment in the IRS to modernize services for everyday taxpayers and to crack down on wealthy tax cheats who dodge $160 billion that they owe in taxes each year. John, Republicans weren’t kidding! In their first order of legislative b…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

January 7, 2023 at 7:53 PM

RE: Congressional Republicans don’t want a functioning government.

Last year, we fought for and won investments in the IRS to crack down on wealthy and corporate tax cheats and to provide first-class service to taxpayers. John, Last year, we fought for and won investments in the IRS to crack down on wealthy and corporate tax cheats and to provid…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

January 7, 2023 at 1:09 AM

GOP defunding of the IRS benefits wealthy tax cheats

Last year, we fought for and won investments in the IRS to crack down on wealthy and corporate tax cheats and to provide first-class service to taxpayers. John, Republicans are in complete disarray. But on one issue, they agree: allowing their wealthy campaign donors to dodge tax…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

January 5, 2023 at 3:49 PM

RE: Tell Congress to reject the first Republican order of business: Defunding the IRS

[take action] Stop congressional Republicans from protecting wealthy and corporate tax cheats. John, While Republicans are in complete disarray over electing a new Speaker of the House, they do agree on one thing: Defunding the IRS to allow their wealthy campaign donors to dodge …

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

January 4, 2023 at 7:20 PM

Tell Congress to reject the first Republican order of business: Defunding the IRS

GOP is slashing tax enforcement funding to protect their donors from having to pay what they owe. John, Republicans ran on a lie. And now that they narrowly control the U.S. House of Representatives, the first vote they’re planning is to fulfill a bogus election-year campaign pro…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

December 31, 2022 at 4:54 PM

RE: Republicans are already planning their agenda for 2023:

After our big victories this year, conservatives and wealthy special interests will look to roll back the progress we’ve made. John, When I helped found Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund in 2012, I had three goals in mind: Significantly reduce income and wealth inequality…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

December 30, 2022 at 6:47 PM

Republicans are already planning their agenda for 2023:

After our big victories this year, conservatives and wealthy special interests will look to roll back the progress we’ve made. John, For the last decade, Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund has been fighting for a tax system and economy where the wealthy and corporations pay t…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

December 28, 2022 at 4:35 PM

RE: ATF was featured about 1,900 times in the media in 2022:

From direct advocacy with members of Congress to changing the media narrative around the need for a fair tax system that works for everyone, together we are having a critical impact, holding the wealthy and corporations accountable. John, Changing the national conversation around…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

December 27, 2022 at 4:53 PM

ATF was featured about 1,900 times in the media in 2022:

From direct advocacy with members of Congress to changing the media narrative around the need for a fair tax system that works for everyone, together we are having a critical impact, holding the wealthy and corporations accountable. John, While greedy corporations and Wall Street…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

December 23, 2022 at 4:25 PM

RE: A major victory for tax fairness:

Until now, passing bipartisan year-end corporate tax breaks has been as common as handing out presents on Christmas morning. John, This week represents another major victory in the fight to ensure that major corporations pay a fairer share of taxes. Industry lobbyists fought hard…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

December 22, 2022 at 5:33 PM

A major victory for tax fairness:

Until now, passing bipartisan year-end corporate tax breaks has been as common as handing out presents on Christmas morning. John, Congress is voting this week on a budget that, surprisingly, does NOT include up to $600 billion in tax cuts for corporations. Until now, passing bi…

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

December 21, 2022 at 4:30 PM

RE: Hedge fund billionaire sues the IRS

Together, we’re fighting for a future that puts working people, not billionaires, first. John, After 7 years of grassroots activism, congressional action, and legal challenges, last night the House Ways & Means Committee voted to release Donald Trump’s big, beautiful tax retu…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

December 20, 2022 at 10:02 PM

Hedge fund billionaire sues the IRS

Together, we’re fighting for a future that puts working people, not billionaires, first. John, This is a bad week for Donald Trump. Not only did the January 6 Committee make four criminal referrals of Trump to the Department of Justice―including inciting, assisting, and providing…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

December 18, 2022 at 5:10 PM

Add your name and demand Congress pass Elizabeth Warren’s Youth Voting Rights Act.

In response to record youth voter turnout, conservative state legislatures in 19 states have passed voter suppression bills. John, Young people represent the most diverse generation in American history.[1] And, in three straight elections, they have turned out in record numbers t…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

December 17, 2022 at 9:18 PM

Congress needs to hear from you today:

Instead of more tax handouts to corporations and the wealthy, it’s time for Congress to invest in working people and families. John, Later this week Congress will vote on a full-year budget to keep our government funded. But, the question still remains, how much will it help low-…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

December 16, 2022 at 3:33 PM

RE: [take action] Tell Congress to put kids over corporate tax cuts in the lame-duck

Congress should stand up to an army of corporate lobbyists seeking more tax giveaways over the next week. John, Congress is negotiating its year-end budget bill right now. And while Democrats want to expand the Child Tax Credit and lift kids out of poverty, Republicans want to ex…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

December 15, 2022 at 5:12 PM

[take action] Tell Congress to put kids over corporate tax cuts in the lame-duck

Congress should stand up to an army of corporate lobbyists seeking more tax giveaways over the next week. John, Billion-dollar corporations have spent the last year lobbying Congress to extend three major Trump-GOP tax breaks before the end of the year. Now, the House and Senate …

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

December 13, 2022 at 5:54 PM

[take action] Make sure Congress doesn’t cut corporate taxes in year-end legislation

Together, we’re showing that people-power can defeat greedy, billion-dollar corporations. John, Congress wants to get out of town for the holidays. And their to-do list ranges from funding the government for the next year to improving the Child Tax Credit to lift 2 million kids o…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

December 11, 2022 at 2:50 PM

RE: FedEx paid just a 1.5% tax rate on more than $11 billion in profits

We have less than two weeks to stop a bad deal that could hand up to $600 billion in tax breaks to major, profitable corporations. John, Thanks to you and our national allies, we’ve already sent more than 150,000 letters to members of Congress to raise, not cut, corporate taxes i…

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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]

December 10, 2022 at 7:40 PM

FedEx paid just a 1.5% tax rate on more than $11 billion in profits

We have less than two weeks to stop a bad deal that could hand up to $600 billion in tax breaks to major, profitable corporations. John, We’re fighting to keep corporate tax cuts out of must-past, end-of-year legislation. And, thanks to you, we’ve already sent more than 150,000 l…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

December 9, 2022 at 5:40 PM

RE: [take action] Stop Congress from passing retirement legislation that’s a giveaway to the rich

Instead of exacerbating inequality by giving more tax breaks to the rich, Congress must advance retirement legislation that favors those most at risk of retirement insecurity. John, Congress is working to include a retirement package in must-pass year-end legislation that provide…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

December 8, 2022 at 9:07 PM

[take action] Stop Congress from passing retirement legislation that’s a giveaway to the rich

Instead of exacerbating inequality by giving more tax breaks to the rich, Congress must advance retirement legislation that favors those most at risk of retirement insecurity. John, Our retirement tax system is broken. Each year, it showers hundreds of billions of dollars of tax …

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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]

December 6, 2022 at 7:34 PM

Tell Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg: Block Trump’s blatant election lies

Just this past weekend, Trump continued to spread the Big Lie, suggesting that we shred the U.S. Constitution and install him as president. John, Donald Trump may be banned from Facebook, but his lies are not. According to an internal Facebook memo, fact-checkers have been direc…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

December 4, 2022 at 5:16 PM

RE: Billionaires spent an eye-popping $900 million in the midterm election:

We only have a few weeks left before Congress adjourns for the year. “Billionaires should pay taxes on their wealth gains each year, just like working people pay on our wages. Send a message to your U.S. representative. Urge them to become a cosponsor of the Billionaire Mini…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

December 3, 2022 at 4:38 PM

Billionaires spent an eye-popping $900 million in the midterm election:

We only have a few weeks left before Congress adjourns for the year. John, In the recent midterm election, billionaires spent an eye-popping $900 million―mostly to elect right-wing candidates who want to undermine our democracy and lower taxes on the wealthy and corporations.[1] …

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

December 1, 2022 at 7:45 PM

President Biden must issue an executive order to get dark money out of our elections

Americans deserve to know who is trying to influence our votes, and what these corporations or individuals want from the government. John, Throughout 2022, Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund shone a spotlight on billionaires buying elections.[1] Much of this money is funneled…

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  Maura Quint · [email protected]

November 30, 2022 at 3:47 PM

RE: Billionaires are inadvertently making their own case for a Billionaire Minimum Income Tax

We’re fighting for a Billionaire Minimum Income Tax, which would ensure the richest 0.01% pay taxes each year on their wealth gains, not just when they feel like it. John, Elon Musk. Jeff Bezos. Richard Uihlein. Donald Trump. Each is making their own case for taxing billionaire …

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

November 29, 2022 at 6:53 PM

Billionaires are inadvertently making their own case for a Billionaire Minimum Income Tax

We’re fighting for a Billionaire Minimum Income Tax, which would ensure the richest 0.01% pay taxes each year on their wealth gains, not just when they feel like it. John, Through their greed, lies and manipulation, billionaires are inadvertently making their own case for a Billi…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

November 25, 2022 at 6:16 PM

Corporations: Record profits, historically low tax rates

We’re fighting back, demanding Congress raise, not cut, corporate taxes during the lame-duck session between now and the end of the year. John, Black Friday is a day of massive corporate profits. But, for the last two years, large profitable corporations have already enjoyed reco…

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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]

November 23, 2022 at 7:09 PM

Answers for your Republican relatives at the Thanksgiving dinner table:

The top issue that Republicans attempted to attack Democrats on in the midterm election was on taxes. John, If your family is like mine, politics always finds its way into the Thanksgiving dinner conversation. And with Republicans spending hundreds of millions of dollars in disinf…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

November 22, 2022 at 3:51 PM

RE: People power vs. corporate power

Already, along with our national allies, we’ve sent more than 53,000 messages to members of Congress. John, The 2022 midterm elections offered no mandate for corporate tax cuts, yet the biggest corporations in America are insisting that Congress dole out huge corporate tax cuts b…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

November 21, 2022 at 5:57 PM

People power vs. corporate power

Already, along with our national allies, we’ve sent more than 53,000 messages to members of Congress. John, As prices rise on everything from food to gas, corporations are raking in record profits. In 2021, they recorded annual profits of $2.8 trillion, up 25% from the year befor…

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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]

November 20, 2022 at 7:38 PM

RE: Already, we’ve sent more than 53,000 messages to senators and representatives demanding Congress raise, not cut, corporate taxes

As prices rise on everything from food to gas, corporations are raking in record profits. John, The 2022 midterm elections offered no mandate for corporate tax cuts, yet the biggest corporations in America are insisting that Congress dole out huge corporate tax cuts by the end of…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

November 19, 2022 at 5:20 PM

Already, we’ve sent more than 53,000 messages to senators and representatives demanding Congress raise, not cut, corporate taxes

As prices rise on everything from food to gas, corporations are raking in record profits. John, We are facing a real post-election threat here in Washington. Greedy and very profitable corporations, and their allies in Congress, are seeking to renew three huge tax cuts that were …

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

November 17, 2022 at 6:30 PM

[take action] Stop Republicans from holding Social Security hostage

With Republican control of the U.S. House starting in January, Congress needs to act now to abolish the debt ceiling and not succumb to Republican hostage taking. John, Each year, Republicans announce “demands” in exchange for allowing the United States to pay its bills—for the s…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

November 16, 2022 at 9:53 PM

Members of Congress are trading stock in industries they oversee

From pharmaceutical corporations to military contractors to fossil fuel corporations, members of Congress own stock in those industries and more! Sign Now: “Members of Congress should not be allowed to own or trade individual stock. Congress must pass legislation before the e…

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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]

November 15, 2022 at 6:43 PM

Donald Trump is a threat to the safety of our citizens and to our democracy.

On January 6, 2021 Donald Trump unleashed a violent and racist mob on the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of a free and fair presidential election. John, On January 6, 2021 Donald Trump unleashed a violent and racist mob on the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to s…

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