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<BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Dear Friend,<BR><BR>The Bush tax cuts, like the
Iraq War, are one of the primary drivers of<BR>our large federal deficit. And
like the Iraq War, the Bush tax cuts were<BR>sold to the public through outright
deception.<BR><BR>The snake oil the Bush administration peddled was that the tax
cuts, which<BR>overwhelmingly went to the rich and the ultra-rich, would spur
the<BR>economy.<BR><BR>Now that we're facing the worst economic crisis since the
Great<BR>Depression, many so-called "conservatives," joined with
corporatist<BR>"moderates," are singing the same tune. They are demanding we
extend the<BR>tax giveaways for the wealthy (set to expire at the end of the
year) at a<BR>cost of $700 billion over the next decade.<BR><BR>Meanwhile, these
same members of Congress are demanding deep cuts to the<BR>social safety net for
the poor, the middle class, the unemployed and the<BR>elderly.<BR><BR>There is
very little that so clearly demonstrates the callous venality of<BR>some members
of Congress than the simultaneous demand to give Paris Hilton<BR>a tax cut while
pushing benefit cuts to Social Security.<BR><BR>I just told Congress: Don't
extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. I<BR>hope you'll join me.<BR><BR>Take
action at the link
below.<BR><BR>http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/bushtaxcuts/?r_by=11024-703564-_.k2erx&rc=mailto1<BR>
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