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November 29, 2012 02:03 am GMT

Obama Wants You to Tweet Congress Your Support for His Tax Plan


If you thought the end of the election meant the end of political hashtags on Twitter, think again. Barack Obama in a speech Wednesday rallied the public to tweet and email Congress with the hashtag #My2K in an effort to pressure Congress to support his plan to extend middle class tax cuts as part of fiscal cliff negotiations.

A central part of Obama's plan for addressing the impending fiscal crisis is for Congress to end Bush-era tax breaks on individuals making more than $250,000, while leaving them in place for those who make less. Why #My2K? That's a reference to the $2,200 the White House argues middle-class Americans would lose if lawmakers fail to extend their tax cuts.

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