An E-mail letter from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the issue of extending the expiring tax cuts

Today at work, we received the following e-mail from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce about the extension of the expiring tax cuts or as many would say maintaining the current tax rates of 2010.

Robin,

Last night the President announced a bipartisan deal with
Congressional Republicans to extend the expiring tax cuts and protect all
Americans from a potential tax hike.

As the Wall Street Journal reports:

“Obama reached agreement with Republican leaders in Congress on a broad
tax package that would extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for two years, reduce
worker payroll taxes for one year and give more favorable treatment to business
investments.”

This deal would prevent tax increases on any income level
for the next two years.

Unfortunately, the “potential deal” still has a
long way to go and depends on the Congressional Democrats willingness to
compromise and support extending the tax cuts for all Americans. They need to
hear your support on this issue more than ever.

Congress, more than
ever, needs to hear that you support this deal.

Contact your members of
Congress now -- if they fail to pass this bipartisan agreement you could be hit
with the largest tax hike in American history.

Congress is scheduled to
meet today and discuss this agreement. Republicans and the White House have made
a commitment to protect American small businesses and thwart a major threat to
our economic recovery.

Raising taxes on any Americans in this fragile
economy could spell disaster.

Congress must approve this bipartisan
agreement to extend our current tax rates for all Americans -- and you can help
make that happen.

A bipartisan effort to protect American jobs is
exactly what Americans voted for in November.

It’s what we expect from
our leaders in Washington.

Thank you for helping to make it a reality.

Sincerely,

Bill Miller
Senior Vice President and National
Political Director
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

P.S. With Congress
discussing the deal today, they need to hear from you now.

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce 1615 H Street, NW Washington DC 20062-2000

In these tough economic times, raising taxes can have negative impacts on jobs and the economy. We need to reduce Federal, State and in many cases local spending. The increases of the Federal, State and local municipal budgets are steep over the past four years.

We need to ask our government officials to make wiser choices. We suggest limited government is the path our nation must return to. Both, Democrats and Republicans over the past twenty plus years have gotten off track. The growth in government is alarming.

As National Write Your Congressman encourages,

"Now that you have stepped outside the massive crowd of silent citizens
and taken a stand for your principles and your beliefs, you are working for a
better government. You are proving that ordinary citizens can influence their
lawmakers by communicating directly with their legislators, just as our Founding
Fathers intended."

Robin Tucker