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“President Trump: Release Your Taxes” and “Stamp Out Tax Injustice” Rally – TAX DAY April 15th – Portland City Hall and First Parish U.U.

TAX DAY RALLIES – APRIL 15 – Noon to 4 PM –  downtown Portland

WE ARE THE POWER

 

President Trump: Release Your Taxes Rally

noon to 2 pm, Portland City Hall, 389 Congress St.

March Forth, an organization formed by a group of women who attended the Women’s March in Washington the day after the Inauguration, is hosting a Tax Day Rally at Portland City Hall at noon on April 15. This rally will include a demand to President Trump to release his taxes so that the public will know his potential conflicts of interest and if he has financial ties with Russian President Putin and other Russian officials. The rally will also be about holding the Trump and LePage administrations accountable for their tax and economic policies. Tax Day rallies are taking place throughout Maine and the country.  At 2 pm, walk next door for food, talk and sending postcards to the White House, Congress and Augusta about fair taxation and govenrment budgets by and for people at the Rally 4 Justice  “Stamp Out Tax Injustice” event at First Parish U.U. at 425 Congress Street.

Speakers on the City Hall steps will include State Representative Erik Jorgensen; economist Marianne Hill; Phil Bartlett, chair of the Maine Democratic Party and a State Senator; Kim Matthews, a former attorney in Maine; Kevin Concannon, former Commisioner of Maine DHS and former Undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture under President Obama;  Richmond attorney, Alice Knapp, of Maine AllCare; and DrewChristopher Joy, Executive Director, Southern Maine Workers’ Center. Continue reading ““President Trump: Release Your Taxes” and “Stamp Out Tax Injustice” Rally – TAX DAY April 15th – Portland City Hall and First Parish U.U.”

People’s Forum on Health Care Monday 3/27 First Parish U.U. 425 Congress St. Portland Maine 6-8 pm

First Parish U.U. 425 Congress St. Portland ME
Historic 1826 stone Meeting House on the site where the Maine Constitution was drafted in 1820.

PEOPLE’S FORUM ON HEALTH CARE Monday March 27 6-8 PM

First Parish U.U. Meeting House 425 Congress St. Portland

The Southern Maine Workers’ Center, Maine AllCare and the Maine State Nurses Association will hold a People’s Forum on Health Care to hear voices of Mainers impacted by the health care crisis. The forum will be attended by Maine State legislators, including senator Ben Chipman and representatives Rachel Talbot Ross and Ben Collings.

The Maine Health Care is a Human Right Coalition advocates for universal, publicly funded health care. The flawed Affordable Care Act left too many people without access to care, and prioritized insurance company profits. But efforts in Washington to dismantle the Affordable Care Act will leave millions more without access to health insurance. In Augusta, Governor Lepage has proposed a state budget that will eliminate 20,000 additional people from MaineCare. President Trump is pushing austerity legislation in Congress far worse than the ACA.

“The Republican bill will be a disaster. 24 million people will lose health care coverage, particularly rural and elderly people, which will hit Maine hard. This bill amounts to a massive transfer of wealth to the richest people in the world, and it will cause unnecessary death and hardship.”  Peggy Marchand – SMWC member speaking at 3/27 Forum

The People’s Forum on Health Care will feature testimony from folks directly impacted by the health care crisis and urge the solution of universal, publicly funded care.

“For the last four years, we’ve been talking to people all across the state, and 94% of the people we surveyed believe healthcare is a human right. 80% percent support the idea of a universal, publicly funded health care system. It’s time politicians fight for what the people want.”   Ronald Flannery SMWC/HCHR Organizer

For more information, contact Angus Ferguson angus@rally4justice.com 207 749-6618 or Ronald Flannery ronald@maineworkers.org 207-344-4485