Pax-salon Mailing List: Fwd: Tax the Rich Protest Friday April 15 at noon

[patty (pattypax]

Maybe some of you would like to go to this.  patty

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> Date: Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 6:42 AM
> Subject: Tax the Rich Protest Friday April 15 at noon
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> TAX the RICH PROTEST:  Stop Republicans’ Gutting of Poor and Working  
> Minnesotans!
> Friday April 15, 12 noon-1pm @ MN State Capitol, St. Paul
> At tax time, join others at the State Capitol to tell politicians  
> TAX the RICH! Make the RICH PAY and STOP All Attacks on Working and  
> Poor Minnesotans!
> Over the past years of budget deficits, the wealthiest Minnesotans  
> have not paid even one dime out of their gold-lined pockets.  
> Meanwhile working and poor Minnesotans have been forced to pay with  
> our lives, our health, our schools, our jobs, and our blood.
> The Republicans are taking their message of hate and loathing of  
> working and poor people to new lows! They are trying to gut the last  
> few benefits that exist for those of us who do not belong to the  
> wealthy class. They are forcing workers, poor people and people with  
> illness or disability to pay for the entire deficit.
> The Republicans refuse to raise taxes on those with the ability to  
> pay, and in fact would decrease the rich’s taxes if they could! If  
> the wealthiest in Minnesota paid their share of taxes, and paid back  
> all the wealth they gained through tax breaks and loopholes over the  
> past decade, there would be no deficit in Minnesota — now or for the  
> foreseeable future.  The choice is clear: TAX the RICH, or make the  
> rest of us pay.  Organized by the Welfare Rights Committee and MN  
> Coalition for a People’s Bailout.  Endorsed by the AWC.  FFI:   
> 612-822-8020  WelfareRightsMN [at] yahoo.com http://welfarerightsmn.wordpress.com