National Women's Law Center

Why Women Should Vote - To Make Sure Our Government Focusses on the Things that Matter Most

Here is where our leaders in Washington have been putting their priorities lately:

Lavishing tax cuts on the wealthy and powerful few

The tax cut that Congress passed this year gives millionaires an average tax cut of $43,000 but gives the overwhelming majority of American households only $31 or less
When they filed their tax returns last year, almost a quarter of single-mother families got nothing at all from the tax cuts passed over the last five years

Slashing funds for women’s priorities

At the same time millionaires have been getting tax cuts, Congress has been slashing funds for many things women rely on, like student loans, Medicaid, child support enforcement, and educational and training programs that help women move to higher-paying jobs.
Instead of making the recent tax cuts permanent for the top 1% of taxpayers, that same amount of money could close the long-term shortfall in Social Security.
The tax cuts for millionaires in 2004 could have paid for more than 10 million child care subsidies. Meanwhile, 250,000 children have lost child care funding since 2000 and that number is climbing.
The money used for recent tax cuts for the top 1% of households – a group making an average of $1 million a year – will, when the cuts are fully in effect in 2010, add up to about the total federal funding for education as proposed in the President’s budget.

If you think our leaders in Washington aren’t doing what they should to address the challenges you face in your life—REGISTER and VOTE! Remember, elections can be decided by just a handful of votes, so YOUR VOTE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

To register to vote, get information on voting (your polling place, how to vote absentee, etc.), or learn about the candidates in your area, go to http://capwiz.com/nwlc/e4/ and enter your state or zip code.

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The National Women’s Law Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that has been working to advance and protect women’s legal rights since 1972. Women’s Voices. Women Vote is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that seeks to mobilize women to register to vote and to go to the polls on Election Day. Neither organization takes positions on candidates or elections, and nothing herein should be construed as an endorsement of any candidate or party.