Thread by @chadderr

Thanksgiving is just two days away. Are you ready to talk to your family about the #TrumpTaxScam?

Whether you plan to bring it up or just want to be ready when someone else does, I hope these tweets might help. 1/

Your uncle says: "My taxes are high enough! It's about damn time Trump gives us a break!"

You: "Actually, 94 million families will get a tax increase under this plan. Non-partisan analysis shows the cuts are heavily tilted to the top." taxpolicycenter.org/model-estimate… 2/

Then your uncle says: "Those analyses are fake news. They show what happens AFTER tax cuts expire. Congress won't let that happen."

You say: "Actually they're done by non-partisan experts, and, Congress just let health insurance for 9 million uninsured kids expire so..." 3/

Your cousin chimes in: "Doesn't it make sense that richest ppl get most money out of a tax cut? I mean, they're richer to start with."

You say: "The wealthiest see a benefit way bigger than everyone else -- even when measured as % of after tax income." taxpolicycenter.org/feature/analys… 4/

Cousin's new BF says: "I heard they're doubling the standard deduction. That will surely help!"

You say: "Yes, but they're eliminating exemptions too. That basically washes out a larger -- not doubled! -- standard deduction. And then they let it expire in 10 years." 5/

Uncle again: "But our businesses just can't compete. We have the highest tax rate in the world!"

You: "The effective rate - what corporations actually pay - is in line with the rest of the world. And corporate tax cuts help shareholders, not workers." cbpp.org/research/feder… 6/

Your parents' neighbor: "Imagine what will happen when we cut taxes for job creators. I've been out of work for too long."

You: "Sorry to hear that. A tax plan like this was a miserable failure when Kansas did it, and it didn't lead to growth. Kansas lagged behind." 7/

Your little bro: "Hey, won't Donald Trump himself get a huge tax cut personally from this plan?"

You: "YES, THANK YOU. Repealing the alt. minimum tax alone would save him millions every year. The AMT ensures rich ppl like Trump can't exploit their way to paying no tax." 8/

You go on: "And the Senate's doubling of the estate tax exemption --"

Uncle again: "Yeah! The death tax!"

You: "The estate tax affects 0.2% of fams. Only heirs inheriting over $11 million pay it. More ppl watched Heroes Season 4 than benefit from repeal of the estate tax.” 9/

Your aunt: "I'm just glad they're repealing the freedom-killing individual mandate."

You: "That would mean 13 million more ppl are uninsured and premiums go up an extra 10%. This is why the tax fight = the health care fight." cbo.gov/publication/53… 10/

You go on: "But even if they take the mandate repeal out, the tax fight is STILL a health care fight. The Tax Scam adds $1.5 trillion to the deficit -- which I thought you cared about AUNT BRENDA -- and will force deep cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and SS down the road. 11/

Your mom: "Where did you find all of this info?"

You: "There are explainers, call scripts, state data and more at trumptaxscam.org. Everything we need to stop the #TrumpTaxScam." 12/

Your bro: "Hey, what can I do to help?"

You: "@IndivisibleTeam is having a national day of action on 11/27. You can find and register an event here: act.indivisible.org/event/local-ac… We can stop this terrible bill! But we need everyone in on this fight, right now." 13/

Your elementary school BFF (when did she get here?): "I live in a blue state. What can I do?"

You: "Sign up here to make calls to fellow progressives in target states like AZ, TN, and WV and patch them through to their Senators! trumptaxscam.org/calls-to-kill-… 14/

Read more here, and don't get roasted by the #TrumpTaxScam. When we fight, we win. Let's do this. indivisible.org/blog/talk-fami… 15/15