RE: Email we are sending out
today
From:ntanden@americanprogress.org
Date: 2015-04-28 16:28
Subject: RE: Email we are sending out today
And when you say Red Army, you
mean the base of the Democratic party, right? ☺ Just want to be clear here.
From: Jake Sullivan [mailto:jsullivan@hillaryclinton.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015
12:36 PM
To: Neera Tanden; John Podesta
Cc: Robby Mook; Jennifer
Palmieri
Subject: RE: Email we are
sending out today John Podesta (and the Red Army) want to support $15!
From: Neera Tanden [mailto:ntanden@americanprogress.org<mailto:ntanden@americanprogress.org>]
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015
12:11 PM
To: John Podesta
Cc: Robby Mook; Jake Sullivan;
Jennifer Palmieri
Subject: RE: Email we are
sending out today
Substantively, we have not
supported $15 – you will get a fair number of liberal economists who will say
it will lose jobs. Most of rest seems fine (obviously trade sticks out).
Politically, we are not getting
any pressure to join this from our end. I leave it to you guys to judge what
that means for you. But I’m not sweating it.
From: John Podesta
[mailto:john.podesta@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015
11:44 AM
To: Neera Tanden
Cc: Robby Mook; Jake Sullivan;
Jennifer Palmieri
Subject: RE: Email we are
sending out today
Should we care about this?
On Apr 28, 2015 11:25 AM, “Neera
Tanden”
<ntanden@americanprogress.org<mailto:ntanden@americanprogress.org>>
wrote:
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> Not much on banks from the
Mayor of NYC
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> From: Bill de Blasio
[mailto:deblasio@att.blackberry.net<mailto:deblasio@att.blackberry.net>]
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Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015
11:20 AM >
To: John Podesta; Robby Mook;
Neera Tanden >
Subject: Email we are sending
out today
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> Following up on my
conversations with each of you last week, I want to keep you updated on the
next steps in our efforts to organize progressives nationally to take on income
inequality. Below is an email going out today for an event coming up in 2
weeks. I believe you will agree with much of this content. Please let me know
if you want to discuss. Thanks – Bill
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> Sent via BlackBerry by
AT&T
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> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015
13:21:58 +0000
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> Subject: Email we will be
sending out
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> On Tuesday, May 12 at
3:00pm, national progressive leaders will gather at the U.S. Capitol Building’s
House Triangle to declare their support for The Progressive Agenda to Combat
Income Inequality.
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> The group of supporters
will include federal and local elected officials, labor officials, cultural
leaders, and progressive thought leaders.
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> The Progressive Agenda – a
progressive alternative, of sorts, to the 1994 Republican Contract with America
– will include specific proposals to lift the floor for working people, support
working parents, and promote tax fairness – policies that reward work rather
than just wealth.
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> The event stems from a
summit that Mayor de Blasio convened in New York City in early April, where a
small group of national progressive leaders gathered to discuss ways the
country could combat the crisis of our time -- income inequality.
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> The Progressive Agenda
builds upon the work of dozens of economists, lawmakers, think tanks, and
progressive activists. It is not meant to be seen as a comprehensive collection
of how to combat income inequality, but rather a bold collection of policy
proposals around which progressives can organize and mobilize.
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> You are cordially invited
to join us at 3pm on May 12!
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> If you cannot attend in
person, we’d still urge you to sign on to the document.
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> To sign on, please email
me back as soon as possible, but no later than this Friday, May 1.
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> Thanks for your
consideration, and feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
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> The Progressive Agenda
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> To Combat Income
Inequality
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> 1. Lift the Floor for
Working People
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> · Raise the federal
minimum wage, so that it reaches $15/hour, while indexing it to inflation.
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> · Reform the National
Labor Relations Act, to enhance workers’ right to organize and rebuild the
middle class.
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> · Pass comprehensive
immigration reform to grow the economy and protect against exploitation of
low-wage workers.
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> · Oppose trade deals that
hand more power to corporations at the expense of American jobs, workers’
rights, and the environment.
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> 2. Support Working
Families
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> · Pass national paid sick
leave.
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> · Pass national paid
family leave.
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> · Make Pre-K, after-school
programs and childcare universal.
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> · Expand the Earned Income
Tax Credit.
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> · Allow students to
refinance student loan debt to take advantage of lower interest rates.
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> 3. Tax Fairness
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> · Close the carried
interest loophole.
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> · End tax breaks for
companies that ship jobs overseas.
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> · Implement the “Buffett
Rule” so millionaires pay their fair share.
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> · Close the CEO tax
loophole that allows corporations to exploit “performance pay” write-offs.
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