TELL CONGRESS: THE RICH AND CORPORATIONS MUST PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE IN TAXES
All Members of Congress
New ATF research shows that while millions of Americans are experiencing the greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression―disproportionately impacting women and people of color―the nation’s billionaires have never had it so good.
Generations of racial bias in hiring and promotion, discriminatory lending practices and the shortchanging of families of color in access to quality and affordable public services has resulted in big gaps between the income and wealth of white Americans and those of Black and Latinx Americans.
But, just as 45.5 million Americans have lost their jobs, 2.1 million have contracted COVID-19 and 118,000 have died, the nation’s 640-plus billionaires (overwhelmingly white men) saw their wealth increase by 20%, or $584 billion, as the coronavirus pandemic hit between March 18 and June 17.
Sign the petition to Congress demanding that the rich and corporations pay their fair share in taxes and that we use that money to address systemic racism and economic inequality.
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During the three months of the pandemic, the nation’s 640-plus billionaires saw their collective wealth grow by $584 billion, or 20%. This concentration of wealth shows how fundamentally flawed our economic system is. We demand that the rich and corporations pay a much bigger, fairer share of taxes―and use that money to raise working-family incomes and improve healthcare, housing, education and other public services to begin addressing systemic racism that for so long has burdened communities of color.