What do you think the nation should do with $1 trillion? Invest in
child care and early education? Provide health care coverage for
the uninsured? Increase access to education and training? Shore up
Social Security? Or give multimillionaires another massive tax
break?
Incredibly, when Congress returns next week, the Senate is expected
to vote on repealing or drastically reducing the estate tax.
Repealing the estate tax would cost nearly $1 trillion over the
first decade of repeal, and so-called "reform" proposals under
consideration would cost nearly as much, forcing cuts to vital
services that serve millions of women and their families and adding
to the nation's debt.

CONCERNED? YOU SHOULD BE, SO TAKE ACTION!

Send a letter to your Senators opposing repeal of the estate tax!

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Call your Senators on the National Call-In Day, Tuesday June 6! Use
this toll-free number: 800-459-1887 OR find your Senators' direct
office numbers here if toll-free lines are busy.

Forward this message to a friend and urge them to take action!

BACKGROUND
The benefits of repealing or reducing the estate tax would go only
to the miniscule fraction of very wealthy estates that are subject
to the federal estate tax. Under current law, estates of up to $2
million for individuals, $4 million for couples, are exempt from the
estate tax, and there is no limit on the amount that can be
transferred tax-free to a surviving spouse or to charity. Currently,
about 99.5 percent of estates are tax-exempt, so only the wealthiest
one-half of one percent will benefit from repealing or reducing the
estate tax. And the wealthy few have already received lavish
benefits from recent tax cuts, at the expense of services essential
to women and their families. For more information, click here.

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