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Talking Points Prepared by Americans for Tax Fairness and Health Care for America Now December 2019 SUMMARY Congress is currently considering legislation to stop drug corporation price gouging and lower the cost of prescription medicines. We all have a stake in the Lower Drug Costs Now Act because taxpayers heavily subsidize drug corporation profits. And […]

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE SAYS COST OF TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT IS $1.9 TRILLION, NOT $1.5 TRILLION The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – the mammoth Trump-GOP tax cuts that largely benefited the wealthy and corporations – was sold to Congress and the American people as costing $1.5 trillion over 10 years. The Congressional […]

Proposal will Raise Significant Revenue, Help Narrow Wealth Gap  Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-Va.) introduced a new tax proposal to help close the gap between the wealthy and everyone else, and raise significant revenue to make new investments that will grow the economy and protect working families. Their […]

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Surtax 2019 Poll – Messaging Surtax 2019 Poll – Memo from Hart Research Surtax 2019 Poll – Hart Research PPT (Long form) Surtax 2019 Poll – Hart Research PPT (Surtax) Surtax 2019 Poll – Hart Research PPT (Handout) Surtax 2019 Poll – Toplines from Hart Research

Americans for Tax Fairness today urged Congress to obtain President Trump’s personal and business tax returns as part of its impeachment inquiry. Trump has so far resisted attempts by a House committee to turn over his tax returns, saying Congress “has no legitimate legislative purpose” for obtaining the documents. But an impeachment inquiry gives Congress […]

Dear Representative:  The undersigned organizations urge you to cosponsor the For The 99.8% Act, which Rep. Gomez, a member of the Ways and Means Committee, will soon introduce. The legislation would strengthen the federal estate tax and raise about $300 billion to fund important services (or reduce the deficit) and provide a meaningful check on […]

Repeal Could Raise Trillions for Critical Investments In statements Monday, Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke separately urged rejection of the Trump-GOP tax cuts for the wealthy and big corporations, a position that helped spur Democratic victories in the mid-term elections for the House of Representatives. While other presidential candidates have proposed a variety […]

Polling Memo from ALG research, April 2, 2019 Poll Toplines, March 15-20, 2019  Tax The Rich Poll PowerPoint, March 28, 2019

Tax Day Report and Online Calculator Show How Corporations & Wealthy Could Pay Fair Share Americans for Tax Fairness today released a 65-page report detailing about 40 progressive tax reform and revenue options that would make the tax system much fairer and could raise trillions of dollars for critical needs like protecting and strengthening Medicare […]