At the same time America faces a costly war, record debt and soaring gas prices, the Walton family, worth over $80 billion, has the nerve to lobby our government to repeal the estate tax.
Repealing the estate tax will not benefit 99% of Americans, and will give the wealthiest 1% of Americans a nearly $1 trillion tax giveaway over the next 10 years. In fact, the Walton family alone will get a $32 billion tax break.
Are we going to let President Bush and the right-wing Republicans in the U.S. Senate give the Walton family a $32 billion tax cut while real Americans struggle just to make ends meet?
Your action is critical. The showdown over the estate tax is tomorrow and the vote is very close.
Please write your U.S. Senator today and tell him/her to stand up for the American people and oppose repealing the estate tax for billionaires like the Waltons.
http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/letters/tax.html
According to a new report by Public Citizen and United for a Fair Economy, over the last decade, the Walton family, along with 17 other wealthy families, has spent nearly $200 million to lobby Congress to repeal the estate tax.
This is not democracy. America was founded on the belief that our government should be of, by and for the people. Unfortunately, under President Bush and the Republican Party, Wal-Mart and the Walton family has been able to use our government to line its own pockets at the expense of the American people.
Rather than stand up for America, Wal-Mart uses its influence to ship our jobs overseas and not provide company health care to more than half of its employees. We cannot allow Wal-Mart, and now the Walton family, to take America in the wrong direction.
It’s time to take our country back from billionaires and billion dollar corporations and fight for the American people.
Please write your U.S. Senator today and tell him/her you oppose repealing the estate tax for billionaires like the Walton family while average Americans are struggling to get by:
http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/letters/tax.html
Only you have the power to change Wal-Mart, fight for everyday people and change America for the better.
Thank you for all that you,
Buffy Wicks
WakeUpWalMart.com
1 comment:
Good post. Unfortunately, there are too many people in this country who don't give a crap what the Walton family does, because they can save a whopping 20 cents on a something that was made in China.
Thankfully, the Senate blocked the bill.
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