Funding Priorities Based on American Values
A budget is a reflection of our priorities as a nation. America's working middle class has sacrificed enough with drastic cuts to services. Meanwhile, 2010 tax revenues were the lowest in over three generations, and tax rates are at historic lows. The surefire way to balance the budget is to create jobs, close corporate tax loopholes and require the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share. We have a revenue problem and a priorities problem — not a spending problem.
- Americans for Tax Fairness
- Fact Sheet: President Obama’s American Jobs Act
- Fact Sheet: Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act
- Fact Sheet: Infrastructure Banks
- Infographic: Income, Taxes and the Wealthy
- The True Meaning Of Tax Cuts
- Top 5 Percent Holds More Than Half of the Country's Wealth
- Taxes Matter Top 10 Stats
- Jan 17AFSCME letter supporting Superstorm Sandy Emergency Spending bill (H.R. 152) (1/15/13)
- Jan 02AFSCME President Lee Saunders on Budget Agreement
- Dec 19AFSCME’s Saunders: “Boehner Showed Us Today Just Which Side He Really Stands On”Statement of AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on House Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B”
Fighting Back
2011 was a pivotal year for the working middle class. It started with the scapegoating of public service workers for the country's economic woes, and continued with unprecedented attacks on...
One Nation Working Together 10-2-2010
Thousands of AFSCME members participated in the One Nation Working Together march and rally in Washington, DC on October 2, 2010.
Doors
AFSCME's latest television spot, entitled "Doors," focuses on the choice voters face in the November mid-term election. More here: http://www.afscme.org/press/29088.cfm The television spot will run for two weeks in media...
Hey Republicans, Thanks for Throwing American Workers Under the Bus
Just in time for Labor Day, AFSCME has released a new video reminding voters of the critical choice they face in the November elections. You see, this summer Congress handed...
- Jan 15 Massive Cuts are Coming Unless We Work Together It’s time to pull together to prepare America for the future. Together, we must be... (Huffington Post)
- Nov 30 The Road to Jobs and Economic Growth One of the great lies of our time is that raising taxes on the wealthy... (Huffington Post)
- Aug 31 Labor Day and the Future of America We must do more to insure that future Americans live in a country where their... (Huffington Post)
- Jul 20 Ending Bush tax cuts for rich would save about $80 billion in 2013, analysts say A Republican proposal to preserve tax cuts for the nation’s wealthiest households next year… (Washington Post)
- Jul 12 The Road to More Jobs The Republicans’ relentless opposition to constructive policies has kept unemployment high… (New York Times)
- Oct 06 Why the GOP Won’t Vote on the American Jobs Act Putting more people to work is the last thing House Republicans want to accomplish. (Daily Kos)
- Sep 27 State Worker Benefits Threatened as U.S. Supercommittee Considers Cuts A congressional supercommittee is seeking another $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction, which may cut deeply... (Bloomberg)
- Aug 03 Labor Steamed at Debt Deal, But Do They Blame Obama? President Obama met for more than hour with the executive committee of the AFL-CIO Tuesday... (ABC News)
- Aug 02 Fewer cops, more potholes: How debt deal could hit states hardest The debt-and-deficit bill will slash aid to states already reeling from the recession. (Christian Science Monitor )
- Aug 02 Stalemate in Senate Leaves 4,000 Out of Work at F.A.A. Senate negotiators tried and failed on Tuesday to end a stalemate over temporary financing for... (New York Times )
- Jul 22 Unions Go After Gang Of Six Deficit-Cutting Plan: 'It Would Kill Jobs' Unions are coming down hard on the so-called "Gang of Six" deficit-cutting plan, blasting the... (Huffington Post)
- Jul 14 Why Unemployment Makes the Tea Party Happy Tea party Republicans see political benefit from increasing unemployment with Pres. Obama at the helm.... (Firedoglake)
- Jan 22 Who Are the “Working Poor”? New study is sobering reminder of why we must protect the nation’s economic safety net. (Blog)
- Jan 15 Register Now for Dynamic Legislative Conference Want to raise your voice for workers? Come to Washington, DC, and do just that. (Blog)
- Jan 09 The Ever-Shrinking Paycheck Washington Post columnist Harold Meyerson explains the growing wealth inequality gap. (Blog)
- Jan 03 Congress Passes Tax Cuts for Middle Class AFSCME will be vigilant about proposed slashing of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. (Blog)
- Dec 19 AFSCME Retiree, 92, Doesn’t Let Age Slow Activism Rosyln Sims, a former school librarian in Youngstown City, Ohio, has activism in her blood. (Blog)
- Dec 19 Protect Medicare, Protect Nurses Cuts to Medicare would mean job losses for nurses. AFSCME is working to stop them. (Blog)
- Dec 12 Call Congress to Protect the Middle Class – I Did Working men and women pay the bills of this country. We deserve a fair shake. (Blog)
- Dec 06 A Competition with Very Few Winners An investigation by The New York Times reveals a race among state and local governments for the benefit of large companies (Blog)
- Dec 05 White House Official Thanks AFSCME Members for Work Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett spoke with members of the union’s International Executive Board. (Blog)
- Nov 29 Saunders on Fiscal Showdown: ‘Our Message Is Very Clear’ AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders discussed the grassroots push for legislation that puts working families first. (Blog)
- Nov 20 Union Ads Echo Voters’ Voices from Across the Country TV and radio ads by AFSCME, SEIU and NEA are airing in select states. (Blog)
- Nov 15 Rising Income Inequality Revealed, State by State Report: States can mitigate inequality by raising minimum wage, reforming taxes and protecting union rights. (Blog)
