[PAA-Discuss] Tell Congress: Don't extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy

[Juli3 at aol.com]

Dear Friend,

The Bush tax cuts, like the  Iraq War, are one of the primary drivers of
our large federal deficit. And  like the Iraq War, the Bush tax cuts were
sold to the public through outright  deception.

The snake oil the Bush administration peddled was that the tax  cuts, which
overwhelmingly went to the rich and the ultra-rich, would spur  the
economy.

Now that we're facing the worst economic crisis since the  Great
Depression, many so-called "conservatives," joined with  corporatist
"moderates," are singing the same tune. They are demanding we  extend the
tax giveaways for the wealthy (set to expire at the end of the  year) at a
cost of $700 billion over the next decade.

Meanwhile, these  same members of Congress are demanding deep cuts to the
social safety net for  the poor, the middle class, the unemployed and the
elderly.

There is  very little that so clearly demonstrates the callous venality of
some members  of Congress than the simultaneous demand to give Paris Hilton
a tax cut while  pushing benefit cuts to Social Security.

I just told Congress: Don't  extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. I
hope you'll join me.

Take  action at the link  below.

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/bushtaxcuts/?r_by=11024-703564-_.k2erx&r
c=mailto1
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