Action Alert: How’s Your Tax Return?
President Trump promised working people back in January that our tax refunds would increase by $1,000 this year. Well it’s Tax Day, and surprise, surprise—that’s not even close to what most of us are actually getting back.
Even if you’re one of the lucky ones getting a big check from the IRS this year, where will that money go?
Higher gas prices from the attacks on Iran.
Higher health care prices from throwing millions of people off their insurance.
Higher rent, groceries, utilities, child care and everything else. Heck, the administration even shuttered the new Direct File system that let us easily file our federal taxes for free.
Shit’s too expensive, and our government hasn’t done a thing except give even more tax breaks to big corporations and billionaires who don’t need it.
Those big, ugly tax cuts for the rich—the biggest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in American history—passed last summer have already resulted in devastating cuts to Medicaid and food assistance programs for struggling families. And the president’s newest budget proposal, released earlier this month, would make even bigger cuts to food, housing, education, heating and workforce development programs.
This Tax Day, we need our fellow Americans to understand that it’s time for the rich to pay their fair share so we can stop the cuts to the programs working people rely on.
Share our #TaxDay post with or without our suggested message. First, you’ll need to fill in your occupation:
“I’m a ___, and I paid more in taxes than billionaires this #TaxDay. It’s time for our elected leaders in Washington, D.C., to make big corporations and billionaire CEOs pay their fair share. @aflcio.”
While costs keep going up, most workers’ paychecks aren’t keeping up.
That’s why unions are fighting every day for higher wages (and better health care, safer working conditions and a stronger retirement) for our members, and for all working people.
In the streets and on the shop floor, in union halls and at the ballot box, working people are rising up and fighting to take our power back.
Show your power this Tax Day by spreading a critical message: Working people shouldn’t pay more in taxes than billionaire CEOs.
Thank you for standing up for working people on Tax Day and every day.