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| https://lee.house.gov/news/press-releases/congresswoman-barbara-lee-calls-on-congress-to-reject-bush-tax-proposal | CONGRESSWOMAN BARBARA LEE CALLS ON CONGRESS TO REJECT BUSH TAX PROPOSAL | 2001-03-07 | 2001 | 2001-03 | Democrat | House | CA | Barbara Lee | L000551 | lee.house.gov | legacy | 03.07.01 CONGRESSWOMAN BARBARA LEE CALLS ON CONGRESS TO REJECT BUSH TAX PROPOSAL Washington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) today called on Congress to reject President Bush's tax plan on the Floor of the House and to consider adoption of the Congressional Progressive Caucus American People's Dividend plan, which will provide a $300 per person refundable tax dividend to every American for their contribution to America's historic prosperity. According to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, 55% of African American families and 56% of Latino families with children would not receive one penny of tax relief. Altogether, six million African American and Latino families - and over 12 million African American and Latino children - will not be helped at all by the Bush tax plan. "President Bush states that the average American family would receive $1,600 under this tax plan. But while some wealthy families will receive tens of thousands of dollars of tax relief, others will receive absolutely nothing," said Lee. An estimated 12 million low-and middle income families with children - one third of all of American families would not receive any tax cut from the Bush proposal. Approximately 24.1 million children - 33.5% of all children live in the families that excluded in Bush's plan. This disproportionately effects African American and Latino children, 53% of whom live in families who will receive no tax benefit. "The nationwide statistics of who is left out of this tax proposal are staggering," said Lee. "In California, 1.7 million families - more than one third of all families in California - will receive nothing from Bush's tax cut. About 40% of children in California live in families that will get no tax benefit from Bush's proposal, while the wealthiest families will benefit greatly." "These families pay many other taxes, such as payroll taxes, and deserve the same tax benefits as every other family," said Lee. "These are hard working families that have contributed to the nation's unprecedented economic expansion, but have not benefited greatly, and are struggling day to day to support their families. We must not ignore their needs." As Vice Chair of the Progressive Caucus, Congresswoman Lee played a pivotal role in developing and highlighting the American People's Dividend, a simple, fiscally responsible, plan that truly benefits all by giving every adult and child a $300 tax credit every year regardless of income, for the next ten years, provided that the projected surpluses materialize. A reduced or larger dividend would be given based on the size of annual budget surplus projections. Because the plan only spends 1/3 of any projected surplus, it will protect Social Security and Medicare and allow for more investment in public education, affordable health care, and housing. ### Next Article | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |