No Millionaire Tax Cuts During National Disasters
CALL TO ACTION:
We urge you to take urgent action to stop the U.S. Senate from voting
on estate tax repeal in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
A devastating hurricane clobbers the Gulf coast. The war in Iraq
claims almost 1,900 American lives with no end in sight in both casualties and cost. And red ink flows through both short and long term federal deficit projections.
Yet in the coming days, Senate leaders plan to vote on permanently
abolishing the estate tax, America's only levy on concentrations of
inherited wealth.
They want to end the estate tax despite the fact that a new national
pollshows that 59% of Americans from all political parties and incomes
favor estate tax reform, while only 29% favor repeal -- a 2-1 ratio.
Please contact your Senator TODAY. You can reach your Senator by
calling toll free at 1-800-708-9781 or the U.S. Senate Switchboard at
1-202-224-3121, or find their direct phone at: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm The message is: In the face of Hurricane Katrina, it is shocking and
inappropriate that Congress would vote for a trillion dollar tax cut
for millionaires and billionaires.
THANKS,
Chuck Collins, Senior Fellow, ccollins(at)faireconomy.org
Lee Farris, Senior Organizer on Estate Tax Policy, lfarris(at)faireconomy.org
United for a Fair Economy
29 Winter St.
Boston, MA 02108
617-423-2148
Additional Actions:
1. Visit our Estate Tax Action Center to learn about additional
actions. http://www.faireconomy.org/estatetax/ 2. Distribute the new national poll showing Americans support the
estate
tax: https://faireconomy.org/join/pledge-rw.html 3. Please consider a contribution to our estate tax organizing and
education
efforts: http://www.faireconomy.org/join/pledge-rw.html =====================
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