{"id":7510,"date":"2012-11-28T09:41:19","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T16:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=7510"},"modified":"2012-11-28T10:18:33","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T17:18:33","slug":"we-won","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2012\/11\/28\/we-won\/","title":{"rendered":"Email: We WON! So don&#8217;t extend the Bush tax cuts for the rich!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Email]<\/p>\n<h2>Message: Ilya Sheyman, MoveOn.org Political Action<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"reviewermag\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><i>&#8220;They&#8217;ve fabricated a story that, somehow, our economy will fall apart if they don&#8217;t get what they want.&#8221;<\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Dear MoveOn member,<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s almost hard to believe after such a lopsided defeat in the election, but Republicans in Congress are pushing for a &#8220;fiscal deal&#8221; that would extend the Bush tax cuts for the rich and slash Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits before the end of the year<strong>\u2014and they might win<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7512\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/republicans-boy-n-girl-thenude-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/republicans-boy-n-girl-thenude-1-300x224.jpg?resize=300%2C224\" alt=\"\" title=\"republicans-boy-n-girl-thenude-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/republicans-boy-n-girl-thenude-1.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/republicans-boy-n-girl-thenude-1.jpg?w=475&amp;ssl=1 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s almost hard to believe after such a lopsided defeat in the election, but Republicans in Congress are pushing for a &#8220;fiscal deal&#8221; that would extend the Bush tax cuts for the rich and slash Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits before the end of the year\u2014and they might win.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThey&#8217;ve fabricated a story that, somehow, our economy will fall apart if they don&#8217;t get what they want. It&#8217;s not true, but negotiations are underway and a &#8220;deal&#8221; could come together at any time.<\/p>\n<p>This is a crucial moment\u2014before a deal emerges\u2014when we need our leaders to stand strong. <strong>Can you call your members of Congress and tell them:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t back any fiscal deal unless it lets the Bush tax cuts for the top 2% expire, as scheduled, on December 31 and doesn&#8217;t cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid benefits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s where to call:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senator Dianne Feinstein<br \/>\nPhone: (202) 224-3841<\/p>\n<p>Senator Barbara Boxer<br \/>\nPhone: (202) 224-3553<\/p>\n<p>Representative Susan Davis<br \/>\nPhone: (202) 225-2040<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then, please report your call by <a href=\"http:\/\/pol.moveon.org\/call?tg=FSCA_1.FSCA_2.FHCA_53&#038;cp_id=1847&#038;id=58512-14611215-zQnXP1x&#038;t=2\">clicking HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/pol.moveon.org\/call?tg=FSCA_1.FSCA_2.FHCA_53&#038;cp_id=1847&#038;id=58512-14611215-zQnXP1x&#038;t=2<\/p>\n<p>Today, in addition to all our calls, tens of thousands of MoveOn members are dropping off letters at the local offices of every member of Congress. <strong>Every call helps amplify the message\u2014and we need to make Congress understand that we won&#8217;t stand for a bad fiscal deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The truth is that nothing drastic will happen to our economy on January 1. The House can simply vote to extend tax cuts to 98% of Americans\u2014as the Senate has already done. It&#8217;s that easy. The only reason there&#8217;s even a debate over cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits right now is that Republicans know they&#8217;ll lose all their leverage if the Bush tax cuts expire as scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>The whole election was about whether the rich should pay their fair share or whether to give them more tax breaks and cut into our safety net\u2014and <strong>WE won<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you call your members of Congress right now and tell them to stand up for the will of the American people?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are the numbers again:<\/p>\n<p>Senator Dianne Feinstein<br \/>\nPhone: (202) 224-3841<\/p>\n<p>Senator Barbara Boxer<br \/>\nPhone: (202) 224-3553<\/p>\n<p>Representative Susan Davis<br \/>\nPhone: (202) 225-2040<\/p>\n<p>Then, please report your call by <a href=\"\nhttp:\/\/pol.moveon.org\/call?tg=FSCA_1.FSCA_2.FHCA_53&#038;cp_id=1847&#038;id=58512-14611215-zQnXP1x&#038;t=3\">clicking HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/pol.moveon.org\/call?tg=FSCA_1.FSCA_2.FHCA_53&#038;cp_id=1847&#038;id=58512-14611215-zQnXP1x&#038;t=3<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for all you do.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Ilya, Robin, Mark, Victoria, and the rest of the team<\/p>\n<p>P.S. New districts and newly-elected members of Congress don&#8217;t go into effect until January, so the information above is still current.<\/p>\n<p>Want to support our work? We&#8217;re entirely funded by our 7 million members\u2014no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. <a href=\"https:\/\/pol.moveon.org\/donate\/donate.html?cpn_id=44&#038;id=58512-14611215-zQnXP1x&#038;t=4\">Chip in here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Email] Message: Ilya Sheyman, MoveOn.org Political Action Tweet &#8220;They&#8217;ve fabricated a story that, somehow, our economy will fall apart if they don&#8217;t get what they want.&#8221; Dear MoveOn member, It&#8217;s almost hard to believe after such a lopsided defeat in the election, but Republicans in Congress are pushing for a &#8220;fiscal deal&#8221; that would extend the Bush tax cuts for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[730,740,579,625],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","category-politics","category-reflected-news","category-update"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":493,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2008\/07\/29\/ok-so-there-was-an-earthquake-today-big-wup\/","url_meta":{"origin":7510,"position":0},"title":"OK, so there was an earthquake today &#8211; BIG WUP!","author":"admin","date":"July 29, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"And I thought these GOP Republican Party clowns ran their elections on the platform that they\u2019re supposed to be the small government, fiscally responsible party. 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