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The short explanation of this alert was:
Forty years ago, President Johnson declared a war on poverty. This President has declared a war on the people living in poverty. It's up to us to right what is wrong.
Freezing the refunds of low income working families on a suspicion of fraud is beyond the pale, even for the Bush Administration.
The targeted taxpayers had a median income of $12,000 to $14,000. Many of them claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit, and count on their tax refunds to pay for home heating costs, school books for their kids, or to open a bank account and begin to build savings. The IRS holds up the refunds for an average of eight months -- but some people wait for years.
We've heard a lot over the years about racial profiling. Now it seems the Bush Administration has invented "poverty profiling." It's the cruel assumption that if you are poor, you must also be a tax cheat.
This practice must stop and I need your help to stop it. Please send a letter to IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson.
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