Rob -
I wanted to make sure you saw the important email below. The U.S. Senate is voting THIS WEEK on a terrible tax bill that will hurt working families and decimate our health care by sabotaging the Affordable Care Act and cutting Medicaid and Medicare.
*Can you sign our letter to U.S. Senators to reject any tax plan that benefits the wealthy and mega-corporations over working families, health care, and our economy? When you click you’ll automatically sign on if we already have your information.
MomsRising is delivering this letter on Wednesday and we need your signatures to help stop the bill. The more signatures, the bigger our impact. Time is short. (After you sign on, please also call your U.S. Senators to make your voice loud and clear that the American people don’t want the terrible, no good, very bad U.S. Senate Republican's tax bill. We’ve made it easy! Just dial 1-844-633-2048 and we’ll connect you.)
Not only is this bill a bad deal for families and our health, it’s also terrible for our nation’s economy! Economic experts across the country agree that the bill would greatly increase the deficit and analysis by the Penn-Wharton School (President Trump’s own alma mater!) found that the U.S. Senate bill would increase the national debt $1.4 trillion to $1.6 trillion. [1] Our children will be paying for this bill for decades to come just so the mega-rich and Wall Street can line their pockets.
*Sign on now to protect our health care and speak out against the U.S. Senate Republican’s tax bill! When you click you’ll automatically sign on if we already have your information.
Together we are a powerful voice for the health of families.
- Felicia, Elyssa, Donna, Kristin, and the entire MomsRising.org/MamásConPoder team
P.S. Don’t forget to call your U.S. Senators, too! The vote is happening soon, so we need every call possible to be made. Dial our hotline and we’ll connect you: 1-844-633-2048
[1] The Washington Post,
37 of 38 economists said the GOP tax plans would grow the debt. The 38th misread the question.
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Dear Rob,
I’d say it’s unbelievable, but at this point Congress really is starting to feel like a season of Stranger Things. Like the monstrous ‘Demogorgon’ that keeps coming back after it’s been sent to the ‘upside down’ (and you hope is gone forever)… the devastatingly bad Trumpcare just keeps coming back!
And this time it’s come in the form of the terrible, no good, very bad U.S. Senate Republican tax bill.
Quick Signature: Tell Republicans in Congress to stop attacking our families’ health care, reject their tax plan that benefits the 1% and wealthy corporations over working families, and end partisan attempts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act! *When you click you'll instantly sign if we have all the required information.
This week, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that the Senate tax bill would include a provision to do away with the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, which is a cornerstone of the law. Without it, the whole system becomes off balance, tilting the market toward older, sicker consumers, driving up costs, decreasing the number of insurers who participate in the marketplace, and undermining the entire healthcare platform. The Congressional Budget Office recently estimated this would leave 13 million Americans without health insurance and raise premiums in the individual marketplace by 10 percent in most years over the next decade. [1]
Do you see what they are doing here? They are turning an already awful tax bill—that benefits the wealthy and powerful over working families—into a truly cruel anti-health care bill that strips millions of Americans of the health care coverage they need to survive and thrive.
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed their tax bill and now the Senate is moving quickly to vote on their plan after Thanksgiving. Both plans increase the deficit, heavily benefit the wealthy and mega-corporations, and would lead to deep cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and other programs that boost families in the future, primarily hurting the elderly and working families. [2] This is outrageous! We need to tell Congressional Republicans to send their tax bill, Trumpcare, and the idea of cutting our health care (Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act) to the ‘upside down’ forever.
Sign now! Tell Republicans in Congress to reject Trumpcare and end partisan attempts to repeal our health care without a replacement! *When you click you'll instantly sign if we have all the required information.
The proposed tax plan is already disastrous—in order to pay for the tax cuts that President Trump and extremist Republicans in Congress want for their rich cronies and Wall Street corporations, they need to make massive budget cuts in other places, mainly by making cuts to health care. It would also raise taxes on 1 in 3 middle class families—all to give massive tax cuts to millionaires, billionaires, and giant corporations. Clearly their special interests are more important than the health and well-being of working America. When you click the link above, you’ll automatically sign onto our letter to Congress that reads:
I am a U.S. taxpayer and voter, and I’m writing to ask you to stop attacking our families’ health care, end partisan attempts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA), stop cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, and reject any tax plan that benefits the wealthy and mega-corporations over working families and our economy!
Making cuts to programs that families rely on to stay healthy like Medicaid, Medicare, and the ACA in order to give huge tax breaks to millionaires and wealthy corporations is unconscionable. Our tax policies should reflect the values of our country, and placing more value on the already wealthy and corporations over the health of our families goes against America’s moral compass and is destructive to our economy as a whole.
We need real tax policies that make sure the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share and that working families can benefit equally from our tax system and economy. Please stop working to sabotage the ACA and cutting Medicaid and Medicare and get to work on shoring up programs that benefit low- and middle-income families as well as boost our economy!
Take action now! Tell Congress our tax policies should make sure the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share and that working families can benefit equally from our tax system and economy. *When you click you'll instantly sign if we have all the required information.
Congressional Republicans are obsessed with attacking our health care and bringing the Demogorgon—err... Trumpcare—back from the ‘upside down’ and this time they’ve snuck it into their tax bill. We cannot let this happen—Congress must reject this tax package!
The more who speak out, the better! Please take a moment to forward this email to your friends and family, and post our action link on Facebook and Twitter: http://action.momsrising.org/sign/trumpcare_tax/?t=11&akid=9991%2E847037%2EerWTwY
Together we are a powerful voice for the health of families.
- Felicia, Elyssa, Donna, Kristin, and the entire MomsRising.org/MamásConPoder team
P.S. Have you watched our tax explainer video yet? It’s super awesome! Erica Williams breaks down everything you need to know about the awful tax proposals. Watch it now!
P.P.S. It is open enrollment season at HealthCare.gov until December 15th! Help spread the word by becoming an #ACAdefender!
[1] Congressional Budget Office, Repealing the Individual Health Insurance Mandate:
An Updated Estimate
[2] Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Senate Tax Bill Has Same Basic Flaws as House Bill
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