Trump is the first president in 40 years to refuse to release his returns. Let's make him the last -- by
flooding the streets of DC and cities across the country this Saturday April 15th for the Tax March. Find a march near you now:
RSVP TO THE TAX MARCH!
Dear friends,
Donald Trump is the first president in 40 years to refuse to release his tax returns. We have no way of knowing how
tangled his conflicts of interest are until we get full transparency. This tax day let's demand it!
The good news is we don’t even need Trump to willingly turn them over, Congress has the oversight authority to get the administration to release them. That’s what House Democrats have been pushing for since February, but Republicans have been shutting them down.
It’s ridiculous! And it’s why this Saturday, with Congress in recess and our representatives back in their home districts, we’re marching in towns and cities across the country and in DC in an epic
April 15 Tax March, to demand Trump release his taxes to the American people:
JOIN the April 15 Tax March. Head to DC or find a march near you!
Both Trump and top aide Kellyanne Conway have said only the press cares about his taxes. They're wrong -- a recent ABC poll says
74% of the public want the president to release his returns.
We literally have no information right now about how much our president is in debt to banks or lenders, foreign or domestic. And even though Trump and his top aides are under investigation by the FBI, for possible collusion with Russian operatives during the election, we don’t even know how much of his financing, if any, comes from Russian banks or oligarchs.
What is he hiding??
Like the Women’s March in January, the Tax March started out as an idea on social media, and quickly took on massive momentum, with
dozens of groups piling on and over 120 marches planed across the country, from DC to NYC to Los Angeles to Trump's weekend getaway at Mar-a-Lago! We’re marching in the middle of Congress’ Spring recess to tell our representatives and especially the GOP the obvious: Trump doesn’t work for the Republican Party, he works for all of us.
It’s a huge moment to show up with a clear question for our lawmakers, the Trump administration, and the media:
Who pays Donald Trump? This Saturday we march to find out:
JOIN the April 15 Tax March. Head to DC or find a march near you!
In 2014 the Avaaz community helped make the People’s Climate March the biggest climate mobilization the world had ever seen, and last year many of us joined the Democracy Spring money out of politics mobilizations, making headlines as the biggest civil disobedience action in decades. Step by step, march by action, our collective momentum is making history.
With hope and grit,
Joseph, Dalia, Nick, Andrew, Iain, Emma and the whole Avaaz team
P.S. If you live in the D.C. area and want to volunteer to help make the march as awesome as possible,
sign up here.
More information:
Activists Plan 'Tax Day' Marches Calling For Release Of Trump's Taxes (NPR)
After Trump Promised To Release His Tax Returns, Aide Says He Won’t Because ‘People Didn’t Care’ (Huffington Post)
After Trump Promised To Release His Tax Returns, Aide Says He Won't Because ‘People Didn’t Care’ | The Huffington Post
Donald Trump’s Conflicts of Interest: A Crib Sheet (The Atlantic)
Donald Trump’s Conflicts of Interest: A Crib Sheet
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Note:
Tax Day in the US this year is actually Tuesday, April 18th because of the 15th being a Saturday and Monday the 17th being a holiday (I think) in Washington, D.C. So there may be more protesting going on both on Monday and Tuesday as people bring their last-minute tax returns to the post office. Just a thought I had.
