Subject: Say goodbye to $1,500?
From: "James Kvaal - Policy Director, BarackObama.com" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 21:11:39 -0500

Hunter --

In case you missed it -- yesterday Congress voted on a bill that gave them
two simple choices:

A) Let President Obama's payroll tax cut expire, raising a typical family's 
taxes by more than $1,000 next year, or

B) Extend and expand the tax cut, helping 160 million people and letting 
that same family keep $1,500. Click here to find out what it does for you:

http://my.barackobama.com/Tax-Calculator5

The payroll tax cut would be paid for by requiring millionaires and billionaires
to pay a little more. But some in Congress think millionaires and billionaires
should get to keep paying the already-low rate they get, thanks to the Bush 
tax cuts.

This one isn't complicated. And for a party whose leaders and candidates 
have pledged not to support any tax hike ever, taking money out of the pockets 
of middle-class families should have been unacceptable.

But almost every Republican in the Senate went with option A -- blocking 
President Obama's proposal, and refusing to make the wealthiest among us 
contribute their fair share to help struggling families and strengthen the economy.

So it's clear that when they say no tax hikes, they really mean millionaires and 
billionaires shouldn't pay more, ever -- even if that means your taxes go up.

We're not letting this one go until Congress reverses course and does the right 
thing. And one way to spread the word is to make sure you know exactly how 
the Obama tax cuts affect you and your family.

We've created a new Obama tax cut calculator -- use it to find out how much 
money Republicans in Congress want to take from you, then share it with 
everyone you know so they can find out, too:

http://my.barackobama.com/Tax-Calculator5

In these last few weeks alone, we've seen Congress fail to act over and over 
again. First by refusing to keep teachers, firefighters, and cops on the job and 
to hire more of them, and now by refusing to protect a middle-class tax cut that 
makes a real difference for millions of American families. 

And the Republican presidential candidates are in lock step with the GOP leaders 
in Congress on this. Just last week, Mitt Romney said he's "not looking to put 
money in people's pockets" and backed his Congressional counterparts.

Try the calculator to see what's at stake for your paycheck, and please share it 
with anyone you think needs to see it:

http://my.barackobama.com/Tax-Calculator5

Thanks,

James

James Kvaal
Policy Director
Obama for America

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