House GOP Tax Bill Vote Thursday, 11/16: Tell your Representative Vote NO on a Bad Deal for California
This Thursday, November 16, the House is expected to hold a floor vote on HR 1, its version of the GOP Tax Bill. The plan includes the same flawed ideas as previous proposals, including:
Prioritizing tax cuts for the wealthiest households and profitable corporations over low- and moderate-income households;
Dramatically increasing the deficit by as much as $1.5 trillion, which would set up future calls for budget cuts to programs and services that help millions of Californians make ends meet, including SNAP and Medicaid (CalFresh and Medi-Cal in California);
Punishing Californians by scaling back the state and local tax deduction, which would increase the tax burden for many middle-income households and
make it harder for the state to adequately fund K-12 education, higher education, public safety, and programs that help low-income families.
CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY - TELL THEM TO VOTE NO ON THE HOUSE GOP TAX BILL
Call the Capitol switchboard today at (202) 224-3121 or click
here to find your Congress member.
Tell them to Vote NO on the House tax bill, which adds $1.5 trillion to the deficit, benefits the wealthiest Americans at the expense of working families, and is a bad deal for California.
Make your voice heard on social media! You can find your Member's Twitter handle here. Here are sample tweets:
.@HouseGOP wants to spend $150B/year on tax cuts 4 the wealthy & corps. What else could we get for that much? How many meals for the hungry?
Everyday Americans will foot the bill on tax cuts for the wealthy and corps. Will [@YourMemberHandle] vote NO and protect working CA families?
.[@YourMemberHandle]: #GOPTaxBill will increase hunger & poverty in your district. Vote NO to protect programs like CalFresh and Medi-Cal that your constituents rely on.
