April 26, 2023
Vote No on Speaker McCarthy’s “Default on America Act”
Dear Member of Congress: Americans for Tax Fairness, a coalition of more than 400 national, state and local organizations united in support of a fair tax system that works for all Americans, strongly urges you to vote NO on Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s “Default on America Act” when it comes to the House floor this week. […]
Debt Package Slashes Childcare, Senior Nutrition, Housing Aid, Tuition Assistance While Also Damaging the Climate & Giving Free Pass to Wealthy Tax Evaders House Republicans today voted to kick 100,000 kids off childcare, deny affordable housing to over a million families, take away healthy meals from a million older Americans and reduce Social Security services—among […]
Dear Member of Congress: The current budget-deficit debate in Washington, like too many fiscal debates over the past 40 years, has been dominated by Republican demands to cut spending on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, education, housing, nutrition programs, and much more. Our organizations are fundamentally opposed to holding the debt limit and budget issues hostage. […]
March 14, 2023
List Of Biden’s Taxes & Investments In The 2024 Budget
Sticking to his commitment since the 2020 campaign to make the rich and corporations start paying their fair share of taxes and use that money to create an economy that works for all of us, President Biden today released a budget that would raise $4 trillion in tax revenue over the next ten years and […]
Former Vice President Mike Pence: “We all know where the real issue is in terms of long-term debt for the United States. I respect the Speaker’s commitment to take Social Security and Medicare off the table for the debt ceiling negotiations, we’ve got to put them on the table in the long term.” [Rolling Stone, […]
March 3, 2023
Why We Need a 4% Stock Buyback Tax
Huge corporations waste hundreds of billions of dollars each year further enriching their top executives and wealthy shareholders with stock buybacks, rather than improving worker pay and benefits or investing in their businesses and communities. President Biden and Congressional Democrats took the first step in curbing this behavior while also raising revenue to support working […]