THE FIGHT OVER THE GOP TAX SCAM ISN'T OVER. CALL OR E MAIL CONGRESS NOW. 11DEZ17

DEMOCRATIC and republican representatives and senators need to be called and / or e mailed and told by the people, the 99%,  to vote against the republican tax plan that takes from the middle class, the retired, the poor, the working poor, from students and children and military veterans to give tax breaks to the 1%, to the greedy American oligarchy that has bought and paid for the drumpf/trump-pence administration and is demanding a return on their corrupt "investment". Find your representative here and your senators here and remember DEMOCRACY IS NOT A  SPECTATOR SPORT so if you do not contact your elected officials and the republican tax legislation is passed so every day becomes a BOHICA day for you and your family just remember to be looking in the mirror when you are complaining about it. From UltraViolet....

Some think the fight to defeat the tax bill may be lost, but it's far from over.

The bill is still headed for one final vote, and Republicans in Congress are already facing a barrage of protests.

Constituents shut down Sen. Susan Collins' office in Bangor, Maine. Folks in Toms River, New Jersey marched to The Beatles' "Taxman" to urge Rep. Chris Smith to vote no. And at over 60 colleges and universities in 33 states, students protested the Republican tax bill's plan to make college unaffordable.

Your Representative, your Senator, may be one of the few who isn't entirely convinced by the tax plan, is facing a ton of constituent outrage, too. That's why Republican leaders are frantically trying to rush a final vote. Your call could actually swing their vote--and kill this bill.

When you contact your Representative and Senators it's best to speak in your own words, but here are some points to get you started.

• Hi, my name is ___ from [your location]. I'm calling to demand the Representative vote NO on the final tax plan.

• 83 million middle- and working-class families will get a tax hike to pay for an additional 20% tax break for corporations and the 62% of tax cuts that will go to the top 1%. 

• How can the Representative plan on ending individual tax cuts for middle-class families while giving corporations a permanent tax giveaway? 

• Women and their families will end up paying for this plan. The plan will gut Medicaid, Medicare, food assistance, and other services millions of women rely on so billionaires and corporations don't have to pay their fair share.

• Under the Senate tax plan, 13 million people will end up without health care. Don't let that happen!

• Voters oppose the plan by 2-to-1. How can the Representative/Senator vote against her/his constituents?
• Sources:
  1. Mainers arrested for occupying Sen. Collins’ office, demanding she vote no on 'tax scam', Maine Beacon, December 5, 2017
  Toms River protest attacks GOP tax reform, APP, December 4, 2017
  Graduate students nationwide protest House tax bill, saying it could cost them thousands, LA Times, November 29, 2017
  2. Major Provisions in Senate Bill, Tax Policy Center, December 4, 2017
  3. Republican Plans to Cut Taxes Now, Cut Programs Later Would Leave Most Women Worse Off, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
  4. 13 million more people would be uninsured even if Senate does Obamacare two-step, CBO says, CNBC, November 29, 2017
  5. Poll, Quinnipiac University, November 15, 2017
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Call your Representative today and tell them that they need to abandon their the GOP tax plan. Their tax plan would increases taxes for working families while cutting taxes for millionaires and billionaires. 14NOV17

THE gop greed over people party is planning on voting on 

Your House member is a potential deciding vote as Congress votes on the Trump tax cut for corporations and billionaires as early as this week. The current version of the legislation limits state and local tax deductibility for working families while providing huge tax cuts for corporations and billionaires. No matter if your representative is a Republican or Democrat, elimination of your tax deduction while providing huge cuts for the wealthy may lead them to vote NO. It is especially critical Republican representatives hear from their constituents as their party leadership have written this legislation and are pushing for it to pass in the House.

Call your representative NOW and demand a NO vote for this giveaway to the rich while limiting the deduction on state and local taxes. When you call, also mention that you oppose cutting Medicare, Medicaid, and other public services to provide tax giveaways for the wealthy. ( I called my rep, barbara comstock r VA 10th cong district, spoke with Kasha. rep comstock is waiting to be told how to vote by the gop leadership, she doesn't have the moral fortitude to tell them how she is going to vote and it should be no.)

The current version of the legislation will limit state and local tax deductibility for working families while providing huge tax cuts for corporations. By emphasizing the elimination of your tax deduction and the huge tax cuts for the wealthy, you have the ability to sway your Representative’s vote to “no.”

Under their plan, 1 in 4 working families will pay more in taxes each year while wealthy corporations and businesses will receive 75% of all tax breaks. On Thursday, this plan will go from the Ways and Means committee to the floor of the House for a vote, and the vote is going to be close.

We have three days to urge our Representatives to vote NO on this plan. Call your Representative today and demand a tax system that works for all of us, not just the wealthy few.

The leaders of the Republican Party are fighting hard to secure every last vote they need for their plan. We have to fight even harder by coming together and speaking our minds so our Representatives reconsider their position on this plan.

CALL NOW

Let’s bring the political revolution to Congress.

In Solidarity,

Larry Cohen
Board Chair

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