Email from Gassfire Nation
From the Desk of:
Steve Elliott, Grassfire Nation
4/22/2010
Willard,
On Monday, Sens. Kerry (D-MA) and Graham (R-SC) will unveil
their broad climate and energy tax to the American people.
I say tax, because that is precisely what it is – a huge
regressive tax that will impact every American and simply
stated, devastate the poor and those on fixed incomes…
Allow me to explain.
President Obama’s plan is to force power companies, refineries
and factories and manufacturing plants to reduce their carbon
emissions. He plans to accomplish that feat through heavy
taxation – meaning you and I will pay the tax at the
pump, on our heating/cooling and electricity bills.
Those in the lowest and fixed income brackets spend a
greater percentage of their income on gas for cars and
utilities and stand to be hit the hardest by this
latest tax scheme.
But there is good news…
The Hill reports, “it remains unclear whether they can
gain traction for [Cap and Trade] legislation that
includes controversial limits on greenhouse gases.”
Willard, that’s our window of opportunity, and one
that we cannot miss in the coming week…
+ + More than 300,000 Petitions Opposing Climate Tax Scheme
Only days ago, I wrote you saying we were 15,000 petitions
shy of our goal of 300,000 petitions – petitions that
we will hand-deliver to every Senate office, beginning
next Monday when the bill is announced.
Since that message, we’ve added more than 21,000 petitions,
with thousands more signing every hour!
This is precisely the kind of blistering grassroots
feedback that needs to sweep into Washington, D.C. next
week opposing this latest tax plot. And given the fact
that support for the plan is on shaky footing already,
your petitions could make the difference between Cap
and Trade moving forward or dying.
That’s why over the next 36 hours I’m asking you to pull
out the stops – sending this message to everyone on your
mailing list, urging them to stand with you against this
latest Obama effort to take your hard-earned money by
clicking below:
http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=27277&PID=16236096
Our deadline for this critical delivery is Monday morning at 9 a.m. ET. So
after forwarding this message to your
friends and family, follow-up – maximizing your personal impact and
theirs!
With your help, I believe we could mobilize an additional
75,000 citizen signers before our deadline!
But I’m counting on you, Willard.
Next week will be a critical one for Americans, and I’m
already preparing a proactive strategy that will be
launched following the Cap and Trade unveiling on Monday.
Until then, help me get this message into the hands of
patriots from coast-to-coast. Let them know that
Grassfire Nation will hand-deliver their petitions
to their two Senators opposing the massive Cap and
Trade regressive tax.
Have them click here to sign:
http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=27277&PID=16236096
Thank you for taking action.
Steve
P.S. Again, our deadline for this delivery is Monday morning
at 9 a.m ET. Forward this to your friends and urge them to
sign the petition. Together WE CAN STOP THIS REGRESSIVE TAX -
but we must overwhelm our lawmakers beginning Monday.
Click here now to have your petition hand-delivered beginning Monday:
http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=27277&PID=16236096
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+ + Comments? Questions?
Nice work and very important – will pass this out to my friends and distribute — if you have a moment, check out our campaign to keep gas prices low in Oregon.
All the best to you.
Dean D