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Dear
Reader:
While
President
Obama
goes on
another
vacation
(his 6th
this
year),
leading
economic
figures
are
warning
that the
U.S. may
face a
full
blown
depression
if the
Bush Tax
Cuts are
not
fully
renewed
this
year.
As
you
know,
the Bush
Cuts
automatically
expire
all at
once on
December
31st of
this
year.
Your
taxes
will go
up
massively
--
unless
you act.
Nancy
Pelosi
and
Harry
Reid
have
vowed to
bring a
vote on
the Bush
tax cuts
as early
as
September.
But
they
want
their
version
of these
"tax
cuts."
Pelosi,
Reid and
Obama
want tax
increases
for the
most
successful
Americans
making
more
than
$200,000
a year,
with
additional
hikes on
capital
gains
and
dividend
taxes
for
everyone.
They
conveniently
forget
that
there is
no such
thing as
a tax on
the
"wealthy."
Such
individuals
simply
stop
spending
or move
their
assets
to tax
sheltered
investments.
If
Pelosi-Reid-Obama
get
their
way,
they
could
trigger
a deep
depression.
That's
not me
speaking
but a
former
Bank of
England
official
who just
this
week
issued
an
urgent
warning,
telling
Americans
to
forget
about a
double-dip
recession.
He says
if we
dont
extend
the Bush
Tax
Cuts, a
major
depression
will hit
the U.S.
If we
dont
act
fast, a
plunge
into
Depression
is a
growing
risk in
. . .
the
U.S.,
writes
economist
David
Blanchflower,
in a
column
for
Bloomberg
News.
Martin
Regalia,
an
economist
for the
U.S.
Chamber
of
Commerce,
echoed
Blanchflowers
fears.
"That
is going
to be a
bullet
in the
head for
an awful
lot of
people
that are
going to
be laid
off and
an awful
lot of
people
who are
hoping
to get
their
jobs
back,"
Regalia
said.
This
is on
top of
even
more bad
economic
news
from the
Department
of
Labor,
as new
claims
for
unemployment
benefits
soared
to
500,000
last
week, a
nine-month
high.
As you
know, we
at the
League
of
American
Voters
have
been
fighting
to FULLY
renew
the Bush
tax
cuts,
across
the
board.
You
can't
raise
taxes in
the
middle
of a
terrible
recession!
Senator
Fred
Thompson
has led
our
national
petition
effort
to Renew
the Bush
Tax
Cuts.
I am
glad to
report
that as
of this
moment
close to
300,000
Americans
have
signed
our
petition
demanding
that
Congress
fully
renew
the Bush
Tax
Cuts.
Fred
Thompson
has been
appearing
in our
TV ads
and
helping
with our
online
campaign
reaching
millions
of
Americans.
We need
to do
more.
Momentum
is
gaining
in our
favor and we
need to
do more
to
persuade
Congress
to fully
renew
the Bush
tax
cuts.
Already
our
efforts
are
paying
off.
Three
Senate
Democrats
have
called
for a
full
renewal
of the
Bush Tax
Cuts.
We
believe
many
more in
the
House
and
Senate
will
join
this
bipartisan
effort
to save
our
economy
and
avert a
depression.
The
Leagues
campaign
has
already
made
incredible
progress,
with
close to
300,000
Americans
signing
our
petition.
Dick
Morris,
the
famous
Fox News
analyst,
says the
League
"is one
of the
most
effective
organizations
in
America.
It
deserves
your
support."
You
can
continue
helping
the
League
in two
ways:
- If
you
have
not
signed
the
Petition,
do
so
today,
and
also
see
Fred's
TV
ad
Go
Here
Now
- We
need
to
alert
millions
of
Americans
to
this
tax
threat
please
donate
to
our
campaign
with
Fred
Thompson
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donation
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us
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-
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Now
Thank
you.
Yours
for
America,
Bob
Adams
Executive
Director
P.S.
President
Obama is
clearly
obsessed
with his
far left
agenda
and
won't
change
his mind
on the
Bush tax
cuts.
But many
Democrats
and
Republicans
agree
with us
-- renew
the Bush
tax cuts
fully to
save our
economy!
Help the
League
alert
millions
of
Americans
-- Go Here
Now
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