It's become clear that the 1% who have benefited from the past decade of tax cuts and government bailouts are either unable or unwilling to create jobs for the other 99%.
President Obama's American Jobs Act will serve as a ray of hope for millions of struggling Americans, especially in contrast to the job-killing, cuts-only approach of the right wing.
Tell Congress to get to work putting America back to work.
The President's bold approach will put millions of Americans back to work immediately by investing in infrastructure, rebuilding schools, extending unemployment benefits and prohibiting discrimination against unemployed workers.
NOW is the time for Congress to act - fill out the form below to tell Congress to heed the call of millions of Americans who want bold, swift action.
We the undersigned respectfully request that you support in every way the President's American Jobs Act (found online at http://www.americanjobsact.com)
The President has presented 5 simple principles for job creation:
1. Create incentives for small businesses to hire and grow from now into 2012.
2. Make investments that would prevent layoffs of as many as 280,000 teachers, provide opportunities for long-term unemployed veterans, and put Americans to work rebuilding roads, railways, bridges, and schools in need of repair.
3. Implement the most sweeping reforms to the unemployment insurance system in 40 years to help those without jobs transition to the workplace.
4. Expand the payroll tax cut, cutting workers payroll taxes in half next year. This provision will provide a tax cut of $1,500 to the typical family.
5. Be fully paid for as part of the President's long-term deficit reduction plan, including proposals such as the Buffett Rule - which states that middle-class families shouldn't have to pay a higher tax rate than millionaires and billionaires.
We are encouraged by President Obama's commitment to progressive tax reform and immediate job creation - and would like your public support for the President's plan to help raise awareness over the importance of eliminating tax breaks for corporations and the super-rich while reinstating a progressive income tax rate for all Americans.
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