The President and Congress should adopt these principles of tax fairness:
1. Tax changes should benefit ordinary working families.
2. The wealthy should pay their fair share of taxes and should not get a tax cut. This means, for example, that the estate tax, which is paid by the top one-fifth of one percent, should be maintained.
3. Overall, tax changes should not increase the inequality of the after-tax distribution of income.
Why is this important?
This petition asks President Trump and members of Congress to keep faith with the voters who elected them when they make changes to the tax system. Congress will be considering tax changes over the next several months, perhaps in different pieces of legislation. The petition sets forth basic principles of tax fairness that should be respected, regarding who benefits from the changes. The petition makes clear what benchmark for tax fairness voters are expecting Congress to meet as it enacts tax reform or any other changes to the tax system.
