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Tax cuts, healthcare, and social security

11/24/2017

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Questions asked:​​

Can you guarantee that under the duration of this Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the 
​middle class will not see a tax 
 increase, that corporations will pay the flat 20% as well as create a 50% ​increase in high­-wage US jobs? 


​Can you guarantee citizens will not see their HealthCARE, Medicare, Medicaid, 
Social Security and SSI benefits reduced under the duration of this Tax Cut and Jobs Bill to pay for the 3  trillion dollar deficit?​​

Thank you letters sent to Elected Official Responders below:

​Lamar Alexander (R), Tammy Baldwin (D), John Barrasso (R),Michael Bennet (D),  Richard Blumenthal (D), Roy Blunt (R), John Boozman (R), Maria Cantwell (D), Ben Cardin (D), Tom Carper (R), Bob Casey (D), Bill Cassidy (D), Susan Collins (R), John Cornyn (R), Steve Daines (R),  Joe Donnelly (D), Tammy Duckworth (D), Joni Ernst (R), Mike Enzi (R), Jeff Flake (R), Al Franken (D), Cory Gardner (R), Lindsay Graham (R), Chuck Grassley (R),  Kamala Harris (D), Margaret Wood Hassan (D), Orrin Hatch (R), Heidi Heitkanp (D), Dean Heller (R), Mazie Horono (D), John Hoeven (R), James Inofe (R), Johnny Isakson (R),  Ron Johnson (R), Tim Kaine (D), John Kennedy (R), Angus King (I),  Amy Klobuchar (D), James Lankford (R), Patrick Leahy (D), John McCain (R), Claire McCaskill (D), Joe Machin (D), Ed Markey (D), Catherine Cortez Masto (D), Robert Menendez (D), Jeff Merkley (D), Shelley Moore Capito (R), Jerry Moran (R), Christopher Murphy (D), Patty Murray (D), Bill Nelson (D), Gary Peters (D), Rob Portman (R), Jack Reed (D), Marco Rubio (R), Bernie Sanders (I), Brian Schatz (R), Tim Scott (R),   Jon Tester (D), Thom Tillis (R), Pat Toomey (R), Chris VanHollen (D), Mark Warner (D), Elizabeth Warren (D), Roger Wicker (R),  Ron Wyden (D), Todd Young (R)
Michigan Congressional Legislators: 
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D), Rep. Jack Bergman (R),
Rep. Bill Huizenga (R). Rep. Dan Kildee (D), Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D), Rep. Paul Mitchell (R),
​Rep. John Moolenaar (R),  Rep. Fred Upton (R)

Third Sendings were sent to Elected Official Non-Responders below:​

Cory Booker (D), Sherrod Brown (D), Richard Burr (R), Thad Cochran (R), Chris Coons (R), Bob Corker (R),  Tom Cotton (R), Mike Crapo (R) Ted Cruz (R),  Dick Durbin (D), Dianne Feinstein (D), Deb Fischer (R), Kirsten Gillibrand (D), Martin Heinrich (D), Mike Lee (R), Lisa Murkowski (R),  Rand Paul (R),  James Risch (R),  Pat Roberts (R), Mike Rounds (R), Ben Sasse (R), Charles Schumer (D), Jeanne Shaheen (D), Richard Shelby (R), Daniel Sullivan (R),  John Thune (R), Tom Udall (D),  Sheldon Whitehouse (D),   
Michigan Congressional Legislators: Rep. Mike Bishop (R), Rep. John Conyers (D), ​Rep. Debbie Dingell (D), Rep. Sander Levin (D), Rep. Dave Trott (R), Rep. Tim Walberg (R)

Thank-you letter:

The MceZ Core Principle for December is RESPECTFULNESS! 

Open Letter for publication in Mcezupedia.

December 9, 2017 

Subject: Tax cuts for the wealthy; evisceration of the middle class; 3 trillion dollar deficit; trickle down economics; HealthCARE, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and SSI benefits drastically reduced

​Dear  Senator __________,                         , 
    Thank you for your response of to my letter of attached below.
Corporations have made it clear that the 15% tax cut from 35% to 20% will not go toward creating new, high wage jobs. This permanent giveaway will go to investors. Corporate earnings are currently at a record high, while job growth and wages remain stagnant. Trickle down economics is a Republican Party myth that assumes voter ignorance, short-sightedness and gullibility. This bill is decidedly unpopular with the American people.
     The following statements were made by 3 prominent Republicans. Credibility of the Republican party notwithstanding, these statements reflect not only the party's elitism, but its disdain for the poor, working and middle class taxpayer and citizen– as a disposable burden.
11.30.17 Senator Orrin Hatch (in the context of CHIP)
I believe in helping those who cannot help themselves but would if they could. I have a rough time wanting to spend billions and billions and trillions of dollars to help people who won’t help themselves, won’t lift a finger and expect the federal government to do everything.
     12.2.17 Senator Chuck Grassley (in the context of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Bill)
“I think not having the estate tax recognizes the people that are investing,” Grassley told the Register in a story published Saturday. “As opposed to those that are just spending every darn penny they have, whether it’s on booze or women or movies.”
     12.3.17 Speaker Paul Ryan (who reportedly received Social Security Survivor benefits from age 16 to age 18)
“We're going to have to get back next year at entitlement reform, which is how you tackle the debt and the deficit,” Ryan said on Ross Kaminsky's radio.
Donors pay for campaigns. Government is funded by taxpayers. Elected Officials' are supported financially by tax payer dollars.
    In spite of Gerrymandering and voter suppression which have favored Republicans and are being challenged, election outcomes are determined by voters voting for a secure future for subsequent generations. Politicians running for office should also maintain this focus with integrity and honesty.
I look forward to contacting you in the future. Thank you, again.
Best regards,Eunice Beck
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The MceZ Core Principle for November is PRIDE

Open Letter for publication in Mcezupedia.

November 24, 2017

Subject: Tax cuts for the wealthy; evisceration of the middle class; 3 trillion dollar deficit; trickle down economics; HealthCARE, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and SSI benefits drastically reduced

Dear Senator ______________,

​Thank you for your public service.
Summary: H.R.1 — 115th Congress (2017-­2018)Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Introduced in House (11/02/2017)
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce tax rates and modify policies, credits, and deductions for individuals and businesses.
With respect to individuals, the bill:
  • replaces the seven existing tax brackets (10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33%, 35%, and 39.6%) with four brackets (12%, 25%, 35%, and 39.6%),
  • increases the standard deduction,
  • repeals the deduction for personal exemptions,
  • establishes a 25% maximum rate on the business income of individuals,
  • increases the child tax credit and establishes a new family tax credit,
  • repeals the overall limitation on certain itemized deductions,
  • limits the mortgage interest deduction for debt incurred after November 2, 2017, to mortgages of up to ​ $500,000 (currently $1 million),
  • repeals the deduction for state and local income or sales taxes not paid or accrued in a trade or business,
  • repeals the deduction for medical expenses,
  • consolidates and repeals several education­related deductions and credits,
  • repeals the alternative minimum tax, and
  • repeals the estate and generation­-skipping transfer taxes in six years.
For businesses, the bill:
  • reduces the corporate tax rate from a maximum of 35% to a flat 20% rate (25% for personal services corporations),
  • allows increased expensing of the costs of certain property,
  • limits the deductibility of net interest expenses to 30% of the business's adjusted taxable income,
  • repeals the work opportunity tax credit,
  • terminates the exclusion for interest on private activity bonds,
  • modifies or repeals various energy­related deductions and credits,
  • modifies the taxation of foreign income, and
  • imposes an excise tax on certain payments from domestic corporations to related foreign corporations.
  • The bill also repeals or modifies several additional credits and deductions for individuals and businesses.
The following are my questions:
​     Can you guarantee that under the duration of this Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the middle class will 
not see a tax 
increase, that corporations will pay the flat 20% as well as create a 50%  increase in high­wage US jobs?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Can you guarantee citizens will not see their HealthCARE, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security 
​and SSI benefits reduced under the duration of this Tax Cut and Jobs Bill to pay for the 3 trillion  dollar deficit?

   The Senate is scheduled to vote on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act this Thursday, November 30, 2017. If I have not heard from you very shortly, I will contact you again.
Best regards,
Eunice Beck
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SECRET Health care bill

8/15/2017

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Questions asked of U.S. Senators:

With what in the above paragraph do you disagree  as you contemplate voting “yes” or “no” for this secret health care bill? 

Thank you letters were sent to Elected Official Responders below:

​Tammy Baldwin (D), Cory Booker (D), Maria Cantwell (D), Joe Manchin III (D), Jeff

Merkley (D), 
​Heidi Heitkamp (D), Bob Menedez (D), Catherine Cortez Masto (D), Tim

​Kaine (D), Mark Warner (D), 

Third Sendings were sent to Elected Official Non-Responders below:

​Robert Casey (D), Maggie Hassan (D),  Patrick Leahy (D), Patty Murray (D), Gary Peters (D),

Jack Reed (D), Bernard Sanders (I), Jeanne Shaheen (D), Debbie Stabenow (D), Jon Tester (D),

Sheldon Whitehouse (D), Kristen Gillibrand (D), Martin Heinrich (D), ​Chuck Schumer (D),

Sherrod Brown (D), Mark Udall (D), Cory Gardner (R), Shelley Moore Capito (R),

​Ron Wyden (D), 

Thank-you letter:

The MceZ Core Principle for August is INTEGRITY! 
 
Open Letter 
 
August 15, 2017 
 
Subject:  Thirteen White Male Republican Senators  and the Secret Health Care Bill they are afraid to share with the American people. 
 
Dear 
 
Thank you for your informative response of August 14, 2017, to my letter of June 17, 2017. As you have  indicated in your letter, this is too important to be a partisan bill. A well written healthcare bill requires a minimum of one year of public hearings and debate including discussion of a single-payer national healthcare system, Committee review and multi-partisan input.   Thank you, again, for your response and I look forward to contacting you in the future. 
 
Best regards, 
 
Eunice Beck 
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Original and Third sending Letter

  The MceZ Core Principle for June is FREEDOM! 

Open Letter 

June 17, 2017 

Subject:  Thirteen White Male Republican Senators  and the Secret Health Care Bill they are afraid to share with the American people. 

Dear Senator Baldwin: 

Thank you for your service.   

The headlines are screaming about the secret GOP Health Care Bill that 13 White Male Republican Senators have written in private because  Republican Senators are afraid of backlash from a diverse population who will have to live with or barely survive the consequences.  The attitude appears to be “We the People” being viewed as “You the Enemy” rather than as taxpaying citizens concerned for their and their family's well-being, for whom these senators work and from whom they receive their salaries. The Senators working on the Senate health care bill are: McConnell (Kentucky), Hatch (Utah), Alexander (Tennessee), Enzi (Wyoming), Thune (South Dakota), Cruz (Texas), Lee (Utah), Cotton (Arizona), Gardner (Colorado), Barrasso (Wyoming), Cornyn (Texas) and Portman (Ohio). . 

This behavior could be considered as arrogant, cowardly, undemocratic and unethical. 

My question to you  as a Democratic Senator is: 

With what in the above paragraph do you disagree  as you contemplate voting “yes” or “no” for this secret health care bill? 

I look forward to hearing from you soon.  I will contact you again if I have not received a response. Thank you. 

Best regards, 

Eunice Beck 
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