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Prepared by Americans for Tax Fairness and Health Care for America Now December 2019  These talking points are based on the findings in this fact sheet. 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 […]

Daily Updates Will Show How the Trump-GOP Tax Law Enriches Corporations But Did Little for Workers or the Economy  Americans for Tax Fairness today launched “12 Days of Tax Scam,” a daily update to highlight how the Trump-GOP tax cuts, which were enacted two years ago this month, have been a gift for the wealthy […]

Call to Action PDF download Google Doc Chartbook: Trump-GOP Tax Cuts Failing Workers & The Economy PDF download Website Talking Points PDF download Google Doc Fact Sheet PDF download Google Doc Polling on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Digital toolkit Sample Op-ed and Letters to the Editor [under development] Sample email asking online activists […]

Big drug corporations have raised prices so high that millions of Americans can’t afford medicines needed to treat illness, manage their health and take care of their families. But drug corporation abuses don’t end there—they are ripping off consumers, taxpayers and the federal government several ways at once. DRUG CORPORATIONS PRICE-GOUGE CONSUMERS & TAXPAYER-SUPPORTED HEALTHCARE […]

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 […]

Americans for Tax Fairness teamed up with Rep. Don Beyer, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Patriotic Millionaires and Institute for Policy Studies to release a brand new #FairShareTaxes plan called the #MillionairesSurtax. Here’s what you need to know:

2017 “Middle Class Tax Cut” Largely Benefited the Wealthy, Exploded the Deficit Reports that President Donald Trump is considering an election-year “middle class tax cut” has echoes of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which the Administration billed as a “middle class tax cut” but mostly benefited the wealthy and big corporations. In selling […]

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 […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two years ago today, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sold the proposed Trump-GOP tax cuts to lawmakers and the American public by making a bold promise: the tax cuts would reduce the federal defict by more than $1 trillion. “We think this tax plan will cut down the deficits by a trillion dollars,” […]