BRC Call to action on the "fiscal cliff"

[Kkennieth Heard]

 

Sisters and Brothers, Please pass this on to all your contacts, your friends on Facebook, and family.  We have to keep the pressure on.  We must not have a repeat of 2010.  Keepin on, Jarvis

 

 

 

A CALL TO ACTION ON THE “FISCAL CLIFF”

 

The “Grand Compromise” is NOT equal sacrifice! 

Do not fall for the “Grand Con Job”!  

 

 After this month’s historic re-election of President Obama, we must act now to protect necessary programs like Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and job creation for the American public.   

 

 The damage caused by Hurricane Sandy has left New York and New Jersey with a large number of public works and green job opportunities, but tax dollars are needed to make sure that this work gets done. We have to connect the people who need jobs, with the jobs that are available.  

 

 Polls show that 60-percent of Americans support increasing taxes on the wealthy to make them pay their fair share, and it is up to us to make sure that happens.  

 

 This nation’s wealthiest and most powerful 1% is hoarding over $2 trillion, but it complains that even a small tax increase would prevent the creation of well-paying jobs. We cannot allow ourselves to be fooled by the lies of a group that controls our financial system, caused our financial crisis, and continues to make more money than all of us combined.    

 

 We cannot allow the proposed “Grand Compromise” to force the 99% to pay even more in taxes.  We must tell our elected officials to free up tax dollars to put our communities back on track.  Making the millionaires pay their fair share is a big part of that!

 

We don’t have much time.  The Republicans are pushing for a compromise before Xmas.

 

Take action now by contacting your Congressional and Senate representatives, and insisting that they vote to protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and for job creation, and to make the rich pay their fair share. 

 

 You can contact them by phoning at the AFL/CIO call congress hot line.  Call 1-888-659-9401, and enter your home zip code for more information.  

 

We also urge labor, community, peace and justice groups to visit the offices of their elected officials to make sure they do the right thing. 

For further information contact Jarvis Tyner: 646-556-7409

 

 

 Initiated by: The Black Radical Congress NY Chapter, Left Labor Project, Veterans for Peace Chapter 34