I haven’t updated you in a while but I’ve been following the miserable GOP tax bills in both the House and Senate. Can you believe they have the audacity to refer to these measures as “tax reform?” The House bill was passed yesterday and the full chamber will vote on the Senate bill as early as next week. Since Trump STILL hasn’t released his tax returns, no one can say for sure how either of the bills will specifically impact his fortune and family. But we can estimate that Trump and his businesses would save billions. We do know that the wealthiest Americans and giant corporations make out like bandits with this tax plan, while middle class and low-income families will take a huge hit. Here are just some of the shocking outcomes that the proposed Senate tax bill would create: • A tax break on private jets • Large tax cuts to the rich so that in 2027 millionaires would contribute $5.6 billion LESS than under current law. • A tax INCREASE to be levied on American families earning $10,000 to $75,000 over the next decade - by 2027, all households earning between $50,000 and $75,000 would contribute almost $4 billion MORE per year in taxes. • Corporate taxes would be slashed from 35% to 20%. • Completely eliminates the valuable middle class tax break, which allows taxpayers to deduct state and local income, sales and property taxes. • A repeal of the requirement that all Americans buy health insurance or face a penalty, which would lead to 13 million more uninsured Americans. • $25 billion in immediate forced cuts to Medicare, according to the Congressional Budget Office; it will also force $500 billion in long-term Medicare cuts for health care seniors depend on. • $1 trillion in cuts from Medicaid, destabilizing state budgets and robbing kids with disabilities and seniors in nursing homes of their care. • An additional $1.5 trillion deficit over a decade (I thought the GOP was the party of deficit hawks!) Keep in mind that sure as the sun sets in the west, if a GOP tax plan passes this year, the next step will be even LARGER GOP-led cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, healthcare and other important programs. Suddenly, Republicans will start caring again about the deficit. All in all there has NEVER been a tax plan before that would accomplish a greater redistribution of wealth from the bottom to the top. This is outrageous and un-American. We need to take TAKE ACTION: 1) Call your Senators today and let them know that the Senate tax plan is a scam. Here’s how to find their contact info: https://callyourrep.co And, here is a shortened version of the “Not One Penny” call script: The tax code is already rigged in favor of millionaires, billionaires, and corporate insiders -- they don’t need any more giveaways. And that’s exactly what the Republican tax bill is: a massive tax giveaway to the rich. Not one penny in tax cuts should go to the wealthy! It's that simple. We need to fight for a tax code that makes the economy work better for families like mine. Even more tax breaks for the super rich will undermine our commitment to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and make it impossible to invest in the middle class. Will the SENATOR commit to not one penny in tax cuts for the rich? 2) Spread the word and ask your friends, neighbors, family members and social media followers to CALL THEIR SENATORS. 3) Take the “Not One Penny” pledge at: https://notonepenny.org We stopped the repeal of Obamacare – twice! We can stop this dreadful tax plan! Thank you for your support!