Received this e-mail today from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee:
My name is Ady Barkan. I'm 33 years old, I have an 18 month old son, and until last year I was healthy. Then I was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. I will likely need to be on a ventilator in order to live.
I confronted Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) on a plane recently with the fact that the Republican tax bill could kill me and leave my baby fatherless. Click here to see the video millions have seen on MSNBC and CNN of what he said -- and help fight back against this Republican tax disaster.
Then, sign the petition demanding Not One Penny in tax giveaways to big corporations. It is being delivered at events across the country.
The American people are waking up to the life-and-death impacts of the Republican tax bill. It pays for huge giveaways to big corporations by taking healthcare away from millions of families like mine and slashing Medicare.
Congress will vote on a final bill within the next 2 weeks. We can still defeat the Republican tax scam, but we're running out of time. We need everyone in this fight. This is an all-hands-on-deck moment.
Donate $3 toward the organizing the PCCC and the Center for Popular Democracy are doing to fight this Republican tax disaster, including pouring thousands of calls into congressional offices, building crowds at rallies across the nation and, now, pressing to get Doug Jones (newly elected Democratic Senator from Alabama) seated BEFORE the next tax vote.
Then, sign the petition demanding Not One Penny in tax giveaways to big corporations.
For me and tens of millions of others, this tax fight isn't about politics -- it's a matter of life and death.Make sure Republicans in Congress know that Americans won't stand by while they sacrifice our health and our lives to pay for giveaways to billionaires and big corporations.
Thanks for fighting back.
-- Ady Barkan
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