STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES REGARDING PRESIDENT BUSH’S TAX CUT PROPOSAL
January, 2003

The package of tax cuts proposed by President Bush is too costly and would do little to stimulate the weak economy and create jobs now. The tax cuts are far too large, poorly designed, and highly inequitable.

The new tax cuts jeopardize the nation’s ability to meet its domestic and foreign responsibilities, threaten national and state fiscal stability and security both now and in future years, and inequitably distribute the benefits they provide.

In contrast to the Bush plan, any economic package must provide temporary, short-term stimulus that is fiscally responsible and equitable. Any such package should include aid to states to help respond to their fiscal crises, and should focus on people who will spend the money now, including those hard hit by the economic downturn.

ACORN
AFL-CIO
Alliance for Retired Americans
American Association for Affirmative Action
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
American Association of University Women
American Baptist Churches USA
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
American Federation of Teachers
American Friends Service Committee
American Network of Community Options and Resources
Americans for Democratic Action
Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs
Beacon Development Group
Bread for the World
Campaign for America's Future
Capital Access, Inc.
Center for Community Change
Center for Economic Progress
Center for Law and Social Policy
Center for Urban Economic Development University of Illinois at Chicago
Childrens Defense Fund
Children's Foundation
Citizens Budget Campaign of Western Pennsylvania
Clearinghouse on Women's Issues
Coalition of Labor Union Women
Coalition of Religious Communities (Utah)
Coalition on Human Needs
Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism
Committee for New PrioritiesChicago Jobs with Justice
Communications Workers of America (CWA)
Community Economics, Inc.
Connecticut Association for Human Services
Democrats.com
End Hunger Network
Families USA
Family Violence Prevention Fund
Food Research and Action Center
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
Graphics Communications International Union
Greensboro Housing Coalition (Greensboro, NC)
HOME Line
HomeFront
Homestead Affordable Housing, Inc.
Housing and Community Network of NJ
Illinois/Iowa Center for Independent Living
Indiana Coalition on Housing and Homeless Issues (ICHHI)
Institute for the Study of Civic Values
Interfaith Housing of Western Maryland
International Union, UAW
Just Harvest
Kids in Common
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
League of Women Voters of the United States
Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger & Homelessness
McAuley Institute
Mercy Housing Inc.
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
Michigan League for Human Services
Minnesota Housing Partnership
Mobile Home Owners of America, Inc.
Montana Food Bank Network
MoveOn.org
Mr. Baker Housing Association
NAACP
National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees
National Association of Child Advocates
National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems
National Capital Area Union of Retirees (NCAUR)
National Center on Poverty Law
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
National Congress for Community Economic Development
National Council of La Raza
National Council of Nonprofit Associations
National Council of Women's Organizations
National Council on the Aging
National Education Association
National Health Law Program
National Latino Children's Institute
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
National Low Income Housing Coalition
National Organization for Women
National Priorities Project
National Urban League
National Women's Law Center
Neighbor to Neighbor
Neighborhood Properties, Inc.
NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
New Mexico Voices for Children
North Carolina Fair Share
North Carolina Low Income Housing Coalition
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
OMB Watch
OWL
Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois/Fellowship of Reconciliation
People For the American Way
Philadelphia Assocation of CDCs
Pima Council on Aging
Research Institute for Independent Living
RESULTS
Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees
The Advocacy for the Poor, Inc.
The Arc of the United States
The Brattleboro Area Community Land Trust, Brattleboro Vermont
The Coho Team of Windermere Agents
The Compass Center
The National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Sheperd
The Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California
The Partnership Center, Ltd.
The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
United Cerebral Palsy Association
United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries
United for a Fair Economy
United Methodist Church, General Board of Church and Society
USAction
Utica Citizens in Action
Voice of Freedom
Washington Low Income Housing Network
Washington State Coalition for the Homeless
Woman's National Democratic Club
Women Employed
Women of Reform Judaism, The Federation of Temple Sisterhoods
Wurzbacher and Associates, Human Service Consultants

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