To this day, America's top income-earners -- households making more than $250,000 a year -- aren't paying their fair share in taxes. Letting these tax cuts for the wealthy continue for another decade would saddle middle class Americans, our kids, and our grandkids with an additional $680 billion of debt, largely payable to the Chinese government.
The Bush-Cheney tax cuts for the wealthy are wrong. Thankfully they're set to expire this December, unless Republicans in Congress get their way and renew them indefinitely.
With debate set to begin on the Senate floor as early as next week, we don't have a lot of time to get this right.
Sign my joint petition with Democracy for America urging Congress to let the Bush-Cheney tax cuts for the wealthy expire this year.
Republicans in Congress think we ought to make the Bush-Cheney tax cuts for the wealthy permanent. And they're using right-wing media to spread deception and bully Democrats facing tough re-election bids into joining their cause.
These elected officials need to know that you -- and 69% of Americans recently polled -- want the Bush-Cheney tax cuts for the wealthy to expire this year.
There's a broad and growing consensus that it's time for the wealthiest among us to pay their fair share in taxes. Most economists agree, too: It just doesn't make sense to give each of the 120,000 wealthiest Americans what amounts to, on average, a $3 million tax break over the next decade.2
Sign the joint petition with Democracy for America to end the Bush-Cheney tax cuts for the wealthy.
Some Republicans hope to take back Congress this November by telling Americans that Democrats want to "raise taxes on the middle class" and "hurt small businesses." Of course these smears don't contain a shred of truth, but that doesn't matter.
If the right wing wants to score political points by taking money from our kids and grandkids, and handing it out to the wealthiest Americans, it's up to us to stop them.
Please, sign our petition today. Copies of the petition signatures will be delivered to each member of Congress ahead of the first key vote.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Patrick Leahy
U.S. Senator
The Bush-Cheney tax cuts for the wealthy are wrong. Thankfully they're set to expire this December, unless Republicans in Congress get their way and renew them indefinitely.
With debate set to begin on the Senate floor as early as next week, we don't have a lot of time to get this right.
Sign my joint petition with Democracy for America urging Congress to let the Bush-Cheney tax cuts for the wealthy expire this year.
Republicans in Congress think we ought to make the Bush-Cheney tax cuts for the wealthy permanent. And they're using right-wing media to spread deception and bully Democrats facing tough re-election bids into joining their cause.
These elected officials need to know that you -- and 69% of Americans recently polled -- want the Bush-Cheney tax cuts for the wealthy to expire this year.
There's a broad and growing consensus that it's time for the wealthiest among us to pay their fair share in taxes. Most economists agree, too: It just doesn't make sense to give each of the 120,000 wealthiest Americans what amounts to, on average, a $3 million tax break over the next decade.2
Sign the joint petition with Democracy for America to end the Bush-Cheney tax cuts for the wealthy.
Some Republicans hope to take back Congress this November by telling Americans that Democrats want to "raise taxes on the middle class" and "hurt small businesses." Of course these smears don't contain a shred of truth, but that doesn't matter.
If the right wing wants to score political points by taking money from our kids and grandkids, and handing it out to the wealthiest Americans, it's up to us to stop them.
Please, sign our petition today. Copies of the petition signatures will be delivered to each member of Congress ahead of the first key vote.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Patrick Leahy
U.S. Senator
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