Call Congress to Oppose Any Reform That Taxes Health Benefits"If you like your current plan, you will be able to keep it. Let me repeat that: If you like your plan, you'll be able to keep it." http://projects.washingtonpost.com/obama-speeches/speech/54/ "But let me perfectly clear, because I know you'll hear the same old claims that rolling back these tax breaks means a massive tax increase on the American people: if your family earns less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime." “So by taxing so-called Cadillac plans, the Senate bill would actually end up taxing the Chevy plans of a large portion of the middle class.” http://robertreich.org/post/328990297/the-last-big-question-will-health-care-reform-be-paid National Phone Blitz on Congress The AFL-CIO is calling on union members nation-wide to deluge members of Congress with phone calls on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, demanding "no tax on benefits." TOLL FREE DIAL-IN: 1-877-3-AFL-CIO (1-877-323-5246) We urge you to call your Congressperson and urge him or her to oppose any healthcare reform that taxes our benefits. |