The protestors delivered a three-foot check from Kline payable to “Millionaires” to call attention to his vote that hurts working people and helps the wealthiest. Protestors also handed out smaller versions of the checks.
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| Working America members protest tax cuts for millionaires outside the Burnsville office of Congressman John Kline. |
“We demand that Rep. Kline stop tax cuts for the wealthy few Americans at the expense of ordinary Minnesotans,” said Working America State Director Brianna Halverson. “It’s time to make our tax system fair to working families like us who work hard and play by the rules, and stop rewarding the wealthy who lobby hard to rewrite the rules. The place to start is to end the Bush tax cuts for millionaires”
The bill to extend the Bush tax cuts for one year, including those that only would go to the richest 2 percent, would give people who make over $1 million a year an average tax cut of $160,000, while raising taxes on 25 million working Americans, according to The National Economic Council.
The Romney-Ryan tax plan, which would make the Bush- era tax cuts permanent, including those that only go to the richest 2 percent, and cut their income tax rates by another 20 percent, would give people who make over $1 million an average tax cut of $250,000, according to Citizens for Tax Justice, while increasing taxes on families making less than $200,000 a year by an average of $2,000 a year, according to the Tax Policy Center.
Tax fairness is expected to be a major issue in the November election. The Pew Research Center released a national poll last month showing that 58 percent of respondents believe the rich (defined by the median as those earning $150,000 or more) are under-taxed; only 8 percent say they pay too much. Ending the Bush tax cuts for the richest 2 percent would raise nearly $1 trillion in revenues over 10 years.
The protest was part of a National Day of Action in over 30 cities organized by Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund, Health Care for America Now, the Alliance of Retired Americans, Working America and numerous state groups. Working America is the community affiliate of the AFL-CIO with 3 million members.
For more information
Visit the Working America website
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The protestors delivered a three-foot check from Kline payable to “Millionaires” to call attention to his vote that hurts working people and helps the wealthiest. Protestors also handed out smaller versions of the checks.
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| Working America members protest tax cuts for millionaires outside the Burnsville office of Congressman John Kline. |
“We demand that Rep. Kline stop tax cuts for the wealthy few Americans at the expense of ordinary Minnesotans,” said Working America State Director Brianna Halverson. “It’s time to make our tax system fair to working families like us who work hard and play by the rules, and stop rewarding the wealthy who lobby hard to rewrite the rules. The place to start is to end the Bush tax cuts for millionaires”
The bill to extend the Bush tax cuts for one year, including those that only would go to the richest 2 percent, would give people who make over $1 million a year an average tax cut of $160,000, while raising taxes on 25 million working Americans, according to The National Economic Council.
The Romney-Ryan tax plan, which would make the Bush- era tax cuts permanent, including those that only go to the richest 2 percent, and cut their income tax rates by another 20 percent, would give people who make over $1 million an average tax cut of $250,000, according to Citizens for Tax Justice, while increasing taxes on families making less than $200,000 a year by an average of $2,000 a year, according to the Tax Policy Center.
Tax fairness is expected to be a major issue in the November election. The Pew Research Center released a national poll last month showing that 58 percent of respondents believe the rich (defined by the median as those earning $150,000 or more) are under-taxed; only 8 percent say they pay too much. Ending the Bush tax cuts for the richest 2 percent would raise nearly $1 trillion in revenues over 10 years.
The protest was part of a National Day of Action in over 30 cities organized by Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund, Health Care for America Now, the Alliance of Retired Americans, Working America and numerous state groups. Working America is the community affiliate of the AFL-CIO with 3 million members.
For more information
Visit the Working America website