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"provider_name": "Action Network",
"provider_url": "https://actionnetwork.org",
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"author_name": "Progressive Mass ",
"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/progressive-mass",
"title": "Protect MA from Corporate Extortionists ",
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"description": "Corporate CEOs are backing two ballot questions to cut the income tax. Combined with Trump's cuts to the state, these questions will blow an $8 Billion hole in the budget, a radical, reckless attack on our state’s finances and working families. This cut of more than 10% of the state's budget means defunding our schools, our cities and towns, and our health care. With the threat of such severe cuts, these CEOs are trying to scare the legislature into a backroom deal to cut taxes for millionaires and corporations. These CEOs are still mad about the passage of the Fair Share Amendment. They chipped in a few more cents per dollar on their income over a million, and we were able to fund universal school meals, free community college, and more. They want to get rid of all of this and more. The big donors and backers of these questions won't go to the ballot— they know that such deep cuts will undermine the transportation and services their businesses depend upon. If a few fanatics do go forward, faith, labor, and community groups are ready to defeat them. If the Legislature concedes and lets these corporate extortionists get their way, they will keep coming back year after year with more threats and more demands. They will keep enriching themselves, and the investments we all depend on will suffer. Tell your legislators to say NO to negotiating with corporate extortionists and NO to any deal with them.",
"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/letters/protect-ma-from-corporate-extortionists"
}