Tax Day demonstrations to highlight burden on working people

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Tax Day demonstrations to highlight burden on working people
13 April 2010

ANOKA - Last-minute tax filers will be greeted by members of AFSCME Council 5 on Tax Day, April 15, at post offices in Anoka, Bemidji, Brainerd, Cambridge, Duluth and Minneapolis. Union volunteers will ask taxpayers a simple question: “Are you tired of paying more so the rich can pay less?”
Volunteers will be at the post offices from 4 to 6:30 p.m., the union said.

Tax breaks for the rich cost Minnesota more than $1 billion each year. According to the Minnesota Department of Revenue’s 2009 Tax Incidence Study, the richest Minnesotans pay less than 9 percent of their income on state and local taxes. Meanwhile, middle class families pay more than 12 percent. Learn more at www.TaxTheRichest.com.

“Working families pay their taxes,” said Eliot Seide, director of AFSCME Council 5. “We think it’s time for the richest Minnesotans to pay their fair share, too. It’s the fairest way to fix the budget and invest in a better future for everyone. It’s simply wrong to cut education, health care and public safety in order to protect the rich.”

AFSCME Council 5 is also taking its “Tax the Rich” message to the airwaves this week. The TV spot was broadcast during the Minnesota Twins home opener on Monday and statewide on cable stations. It will also be heard on 80 radio stations and during Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s “Good Morning Minnesota” show on WCCO-AM.

AFSCME Council 5 is a union of 43,000 workers who advocate for excellence in public services, dignity in the workplace, and opportunity and prosperity for all working families.

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4435

So my only question is why aren't the Democratic Party and liberal/progressive organizations across the nation organizing this type of tax protests from coast to coast? They are leaving it up to "tea party" outfits to organize bogus tax protests, giving them a clear field and public attention posing as "defenders" of working folks.

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1. The other tax day demonstrations.

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2. This sure as hell beats whining about "tea bag" anti-tax demonstrations today.