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Tell Lawmakers To Vote NO! On Tax Cuts Say no to the GOP tax scam! Call your senators today at 888-516-5820. and tell them to VOTE NO. The GOP plan give huge tax breaks to corporations, the 1 percent, and the GOP's big-money donors. The rest of us will pay with big...
Orrin Hatch's "Bullcrap" on Taxes Is Exactly That
Sen. Orrin Hatch wants to slam shut the door of opportunity, so future generations can't have the help he used to start his career. Hatch's tax plan benefits the rich, not the working folks he claims to defend, and voters know it.
How to Stop a Tax Plan Rigged for the Rich
Average Americans today are facing an elite hellbent on a tax “reform” that funnels new fortunes to the already fortunate. In 1932, Americans faced the same scenario — and dealt their elite a history-shifting defeat. Could history repeat?
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Trump Rejects Immigration How Trump is building a border wall that no one can see. WaPo: "President Trump’s vision of a “big, beautiful” wall along the Mexican border may never be realized, and almost certainly not as a 2,000-mile physical structure spanning sea to...
Native People and Allies Pledge to Stop Keystone XL
The Keystone XL pipeline threatens our water, our livelihoods and our sacred sites. But we know it can be stopped, when Natives and non-Natives stand together in a values-led campaign that puts Mother Earth above profits from fossil fuels.
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FCC To Gut Net Neutrality FCC plans total repeal of net neutrality rules. Politico: "Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will reveal plans to his fellow commissioners on Tuesday to fully dismantle the agency's Obama-era net neutrality regulations,...
What Is the True Cost of Inequality?
The world has never been richer, says Credit Suisse. Net worth worldwide has jumped a remarkable $16.7 trillion over the past year. So why aren’t people worldwide cheering? That money has benefited only a precious few.
The GOP's Tax Plan Will Deepen the Housing Crisis
During one of the worst housing crises in our history, The GOP's tax reforms will reduce new affordable housing by as many as a million units. Other changes will undermine access to safe and affordable housing for millions more.
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How GOP Tax Cuts Would Reshape U.S. Economy GOP tax cuts would reshape the US economy. New York Magazine: ""Tax policy is about a lot more than generating revenue. Every tax code rewards certain kinds of economic activity and disincentives others. In the United...
Republicans in Congress Think You’re an Idiot
As soon as they finish raiding the Treasury for big corporations and the wealthy, Republicans will push for more cuts in everything from education to Head Start. That isn’t just corrupt. It is criminal.
