Dear Katy, Trump's assasination of Qassem Soleimani, a senior Iranian military leader, has brought us to the brink of war. Our friends at Win Without War are leading the work to stop Trump's reckless war mongering. Can you add your name NOW to say no war with Iran? Thank you, - Heidi P.S. Win Without War's full email is below. |
| Friend, This is really, really bad. Because of Donald Trump's actions, we're on the brink of a major war with Iran. Add your name NOW to say NO WAR WITH IRAN. Yesterday, Donald Trump ordered the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, a senior Iranian military leader, who was killed in drone strikes at Baghdad airport — merely the latest escalation by a president who has taken one step after another down the path to war with Iran ever since he took office. Now, we need to do what we do best: turn up the pressure to STOP a WAR. And we need you with us. Since day one of his presidency, Donald Trump has pushed our country towards a war with Iran: - He filled his cabinet with warmongers like Mike Pompeo,
- He pulled out of the historic and successful Iran nuclear deal, and
- He embarked on a “maximum pressure” campaign — sending thousands more U.S. troops to the Middle East and imposing crippling economic sanctions on Iran.
We are where we are today because of Donald Trump. War with Iran would be disastrous and wholly unnecessary. Military and diplomatic leaders have warned it could bring costs in both blood and resources greater than the wars with Iraq and Afghanistan combined. For those in the Middle East, the human suffering from decades of war would be immeasurable. War is NOT the answer. Diplomacy is the only way out of this crisis, and Congress is our best chance to put up a giant roadblock to war. Earlier this year, bipartisan majorities, backed by a massive grassroots push for peace, voted in both chambers of Congress to prevent exactly this kind of unilateral escalation. Pushback from Trump and his allies stopped us then, which is why we need to get even louder now. If we don't demand action, Congress will be content to shirk its responsibility. So let's make them listen. Join us and tell your members of Congress that they must use their constitutional authority to STOP WAR WITH IRAN. We have long feared the actions of this White House — besieged by impeachment, party to multiple investigations and lawsuits, and entering an election year — would result in a catastrophic national security crisis. It is time to remind the president his powers have limits. Congress must act now and pull us back from the brink of war. Thank you for working for peace, Stephen and the Win Without War team © 2020 CREDO. All rights reserved. This email was sent to katy63.kelso@blogger.com. To change your email or mailing address, please click here: https://act.credoaction.com/me/update/?t=9&akid=35583%2E12967895%2EV6ZU8S To unsubscribe, please visit our subscription management page at: https://act.credoaction.com/unsubscribe/unsubscribe_copy2/?t=11&akid=35583%2E12967895%2EV6ZU8S | |
Tax the super-rich. Pass a millionaires surtax. | Petition to Congress: "Pass the millionaires surtax, sponsored by Sens. Brown and van Hollen and Rep. Don Beyer." Add your name: | Dear Katy, America's super-rich have turned our democracy into an oligarchy. Instead of every vote mattering, the richest handful of Americans use their money to distort elections and make government serve them.1 They use their wealth and power to buy politicians and push for policies like the Trump tax scam. And their investments are paying off — the richest of the rich actually pay lower tax rates than the rest of us since they supercharge their wealth with investments that are taxed at a much lower rate.2 Sens. Sherrod Brown and Chris van Hollen and Rep. Don Beyer just introduced legislation to impose a surtax on all millionaires. The millionaires surtax will make sure the super-rich pay their fair share, help fund services for working people – and make our democracy work for the 99 percent again. Tell Congress: Tax the super-rich. Pass a millionaires surtax. Click here to sign the petition. The wealthiest few pay less in taxes the richer they get. That's because the top tax bracket kicks in at $450,000 dollars, and the tax rate for investment income is just 15 percent. The richer people get, the more their income comes from investments and Wall Street speculation instead of working for a living, and the lower rate they pay overall. So a Fortune 500 CEO raking in money from Wall Street trades pays a lower tax rate than a doctor making $500,000 each year – and a far lower tax rate than the working people who make giant corporations profitable.3 A millionaire surtax is a great way to crack down on this injustice. It would:4 - Narrowly target millionaires. The millionaires surtax adds an extra 10 percentage point tax to the .2% of individuals making more than $1 million, or $2 million for married couples. That would have applied to just 329,000 tax filers in 2019, leaving taxes untouched for 98.8 percent of people.
- Tax all income equally. No longer would millionaires pay a lower tax rate than their assistants. The millionaire surtax applies equally to income from wages and salaries and income from capital gains and dividends – covering a CEO's sky-high salary as well as his investment portfolio.
- Make government work for working people. A super-majority of Americans of all parties support the millionaires surtax. Even a majority of millionaires supports taxing the richest of the rich. The surtax could raise more than $635 million over the next decade that could go into services for working people and public benefits that help all of us.
Trump ran for office promising to 'drain the swamp,' then turned around and gave the Wall Street swamp a massive tax cut. Progressives need to show what true populism really looks like by rallying behind simple, commonsense ideas to make the richest of the rich pay their fair share. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders helped put this idea on the map as part of their presidential campaigns, and now we need to show that making the super-rich pay their fair share has massive support. Tell Congress: Tax the super-rich. Pass a millionaires surtax. Click below to sign the petition: https://act.credoaction.com/sign/millionaires-surtax?t=9&akid=35490%2E12967895%2EYdeQQr Thank you for speaking out, Heidi Hess, Co-Director CREDO Action from Working Assets Add your name: References: - Josh Bivens, "Restraining the power of the rich with a 10 percent surtax on incomes over $2 million," Economic Policy Institute, April 12, 2019.
- Ibid.
- Americans for Tax Fairness, "Millionaires Surtax Background," Millionaires Surtax, Nov. 4, 2019.
- Ibid.
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Block the new Trump Tax Scam | Petition to Congress: "Oppose any new Trump tax proposal and repeal the Trump Tax Scam that only benefits corporations and the super wealthy." Add your name: | Dear Katy, In 2017, FedEx owed $1.5 billion in taxes. Last year, thanks to the Trump Tax Scam, it owed exactly $0. FedEx lobbied hard for Trump's tax cuts, and in return Trump and his Republican lackeys cut corporate taxes so much that the government actually owed FedEx money in 2018.1 The Trump Tax Scam is a failure – unless you're an international corporation or a billionaire. It is helping corporations evade taxes and the super wealthy hoard wealth by paying lower taxes than working people.2 But corporations and billionaires are Republicans' most coveted supporters, so they're working with Trump on a Tax Scam 2.0 to be unveiled this fall.3 We need to raise our voices now to stop it in its tracks. Tell Congress: Block the new Trump Tax scam. Click here to sign the petition. The Trump Tax Scam was immoral from the start and has become more unpopular with each passing day. It sabotaged the Affordable Care Act and gave corporations a permanent tax break while individuals and families saw only temporary benefits. Two years later, its success at rewarding the rich and failure to help anyone else could not be clearer:4 - Corporations dodged taxes.
- CEOs got rich using tax handouts for stock buybacks.
- Economic growth lagged behind what was promised.
- Business investment stalled.
- Predatory hedge funds got an accidental bonus tax break.
- The deficit grew and became an excuse to cut the safety net.
- Our national housing shortage got worse.
- Billionaires can pay a lower tax rate than working moms.
- 13 million people were put at risk of losing any health care coverage.
But according to new reports, Trump and his Republican puppets in Congress are planning a new tax scam that would give wealthy individuals the same permanent, non-expiring tax breaks that corporations got the first time around and introduce all sorts of new handouts for the well-connected. We need to stop this horrible idea before it gains momentum. Tell Congress: Block the new Trump Tax Scam. Click below to sign the petition: https://act.credoaction.com/sign/no-new-trump-tax-scam?t=9&akid=35528%2E12967895%2E3QNVi3 Thank you for speaking out, Heidi Hess, Co-Director CREDO Action from Working Assets Add your name: References: - Jim Tankersley, Peter Eavis and Ben Casselman, "How FedEx Cut Its Tax Bill to $0," The New York Times, Nov. 17, 2019.
- Derek Thompson, "The GOP Tax Cuts Didn't Work," The Atlantic, Oct. 31, 2019.
- Erica Werner, Josh Dawsey and Jeff Stein, "White House officials ramp up new tax cut talks, as Trump seeks sharp contrast with 2020 Democrats," The Washington Post, Oct. 31, 2019.
- Thompson, "The GOP Tax Cuts Didn't Work."
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