We still have time to wreck the GOP’s #TrumpTaxScam and shame them in front of their corporate masters…so call now!

#1- It doesn’t actually work

• The Treasury Department admits the GOP tax plan won’t pay for itself through increased economic growth. The one-page analysis says “a combination of regulatory reform, infrastructure development, and welfare reform“ is needed to offset the cost of the tax plan. (Politico / Axios)
• “Welfare reform” = Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security along with traditional aid programs.
• There was a HYOOGE error in the Senate’s corporate alternate minimum tax
• A group of 13 tax law professors and lawyers, many of whom have been vocal opponents of the Republican plan, published a 34-page paper offering a taste of what those unintended consequences might be.

#2 – More and more people don’t want it. This scam can still fall apart.

• poll/ 32% of Americans support the GOP tax plan – the lowest level of public support for any major piece of legislation enacted in the past three decades. 53% say it won’t help the economy in a major way. (USA Today)
• CA GOP representatives are vulnerable. If the state tax deduction doesn’t reappear in the negotiations, they’re political toast.
• New Yorkers have Trump’s phone number and want him to change things, like the removal of the property tax deduction.
• Susan Collins may wake up and realize she’s been played over the promised health care bills.

On Friday night, Republican senators passed an astonishingly evil tax bill  with 500 mostly-unread pages. The fight isn’t over yet as it still has to go through the reconciliation process, which means the different versions passed by the House and  Senate have to be consolidated and then passed by both chambers a second time. Unless, of course, Paul Ryan and his gang of thieves allow the Senate gang to decide how to divide their spoils.

Here are some actions you can take to stop this bill from being finalized into law while we still have time.

If your Senators and/or Representative stood against this bill – Thank them, but warn them too: 

Minimal script: My zip code is [#####], and I’m calling to thank Rep./Senator [___] for fighting against the Republican tax bill, and I urge [her/him] to vote to go to conference.

More script if you want it:  However, I also want Democrats to stop being doormats, get a spine and stop letting the GOP ignore regular order. What will Rep./Senator [name] do to restore regular order in Congress?

Rep. Julia Brownley: (CA-26): DC (202) 225-5811, Oxnard (805) 379-1779, T.O. (805) 379-1779

or Rep. Salud Carbajal: (CA-24): DC (202) 225-3601, SB (805) 730-1710 SLO (805) 546-8348

Other Rep Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

Senator Feinstein: DC (202) 224-3841, LA (310) 914-7300, SF (415) 393-0707, SD (619) 231-9712, Fresno (559) 485-7430

and Senator Harris: DC (202) 224-3553, LA (213) 894-5000, SAC (916) 448-2787, Fresno (559) 497-5109, SF (415) 355-9041, SD (619) 239-3884

Other Senator Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

If your Senators and/or Representative are amongst the cringing toadies who voted for this bill:

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(From Lauren O’Neal and it’s a great idea!)

If one or both of your senators voted “YES” on the GOP tax plan (every Republican except Corker), call them immediately. Call your GOP Representative too if he/she/they was corrupt enough to vote for the House version. 

Probably no one will answer, because it’s a weekend, but you know how when lots of people call about an issue, senators’ voicemails fill up and you can’t leave a message? It would be great if that mailbox was full of 100% rage. It might make them think twice about voting for the next version of the bill.

Minimum Script: “My name is [name], my zip code is [#####], and I am stunned and furious that you’ve betrayed the American people to give tax cuts to billionaires. I will do everything in my power to make sure you never get re-elected. Thank you.”

Effort Required for a Sunday afternoon…
(1) corrupt Senator:    15 seconds
(2) corrupt Senators:   30 seconds
Max. effort! –  (2) corrupt Senators and (1) Representative:  Under 2 minutes.
(If you’re doing this action, it’s time to get more involved in ridding your area of these destructive pests! See Indivisible.org to find a resistance group near you.)

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“There are two ideas of government,” William Jennings Bryan declared in his 1896 “Cross of Gold” speech. “There are those who believe that if you will only legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea, however, has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them.”

That was more than three decades before the collapse of the economy in 1929. The crash followed a decade of Republican control of the federal government during which trickle-down policies, including massive tax cuts for the rich, produced the greatest concentration of income in the accounts of the richest 0.01 percent at any time between World War I and 2007 (when trickle-down economics, tax cuts for the hyper-rich, and deregulation again resulted in another economic collapse).” (Wapo)(theday)(dailykos)(independent)(VanityFair)(rueters)

Add this to the fact that we’re facing a huge displacement of American workers as automation takes over blue and white-collar jobs and that this tax scam is a nation-wide repeat of a state-wide failed experiment, the chances of a deep recession, or even a depression is incredibly high.

All so a bunch of career political hacks in Washington can please their dark-money masters enough to get re-election campaign funding. Thirty pieces of silver, indeed.

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People spend have spent millions on books and lectures to learn how rich people achieved their success. This is called learning-by-example.

The GOP wants to do that too, but they’re going to copy the same tax plan mistakes that killed a state.

This #TrumpTaxScam has passed out of committee, BARELY. Flood the phone lines and let’s stop this on the floor.

(The monetary value of our bodies is actually huge…estimates up to $45 million!)

This #TrumpTaxScam has passed out of committee, BARELY. Flood the phone lines and let’s stop this on the floor.

The CBO has determined that the Senate GOP tax bill hurts the poor more than originally thought. (Wapo), (Wapo), (Time), (Axios), (aol.com) (DailyKos). There are those who are thrilled that 13 million Americans will once again have the “freedom” to choose between eating and paying for insurance, returning “control over their lives” and their health care to emergency room visits.

Mitch McConnell needs to pass the Senate version of the #TrumpTaxScam this week, possibly by Wednesday, if they’re going to be able to give Trump the multi-million dollar Christmas gift he’s demanding. This is our last chance to stop this very unpopular and destructive bill from becoming law.

Step #1. If we defeat it, Trump and the GOP are toast.  Call our own senators!

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