Stop the Kennedy Tax Hike

Washington, DC – Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE) delivered more than 15,000 letters from its members and activists to members of the Senate and House of Representatives urging them to take a stand against Senator Ted Kennedy’s (D- MA) attempts to roll back President Bush’s tax cuts of 2001. Since this historic tax cut was passed into law, Senator Kennedy has been one of its most vocal critics and has continually sought ways to resurrect taxes that punish savings and investment, such as the Death Tax.

The “Stop the Kennedy Tax Hike” effort was launched by CSE earlier this year in a mailing to its membership asking them to contact their elected officials about this important issue. Within just a few weeks, CSE was inundated with thousands of signed letters urging legislators not to water down any portion of the tax relief provided by President Bush – a clear sign to Congress of the broad based support for these tax cuts and the demand to make them permanent.

At their headquarters in Washington, D.C. CSE staff sorted through the multitude of letters, and in late July presented all 535 members of Congress with their own pile of constituent mail asking them to support the tax cut and keep government big-spenders like Ted Kennedy away from it.

This isn’t the first time Senator Kennedy and other tax and spend liberals have heard from CSE regarding this issue. In January, CSE took to the streets to protest against Senator Kennedy’s speech at the National Press Club where he made his first official call to repeal the tax cut. CSE’s work against Senator Kennedy was featured in the bi-weekly publication Roll Call and in the Washington Times.

As letters continue to roll in, CSE will continue to deliver them with the hope that legislators will consider the concerns and interests of their constituents before they consider repealing or diluting tax cuts that all Americans deserve.

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