View this email in your browser Emergency Call-to-Action on the CARES 2 Act!





Dear MATHachusetts,





We have so much to share about our future efforts together, updates from the national side, etc., but we're writing to you today for one thing only that requires 3 minutes of your time tonight (or early tomorrow).



If you haven't heard, the pandemic has accelerated the message of Andrew's platform of Universal Basic Income ten-fold, including Boy, can you believe it was March 2nd, the day before our Super Tuesday Primary that we last spoke?! Since our #YangGangCelebration, Andrew Yang announced his awesome new foundation, Humanity Forward , which matched beautifully with our own mission and vision, but then the coronavirus pandemic happened and our lives have been utterly impacted in beautiful and devastating ways. We hope you're all doing okay and staying safe, finding comfort however you can and wherever you are.We have so much to share about our future efforts together, updates from the national side, etc., but we're writing to you today for one thing only that requires 3 minutes of your time tonight (or early tomorrow).If you haven't heard, the pandemic has accelerated the message of Andrew's platform of Universal Basic Income ten-fold, including Jack Dorsey's $1B pledge toward UBI and even an endorsement by Pope Francis . And while the first CARES Act gave up to $1,200 in stimulus checks in a means-tested manner, and one-time only, we're sure that many of you reading this know personally that that's not enough to weather this public health storm. You know it. Andrew knows it How Can You Help?

As you read this, Congress is fast tracking the creation of the next (and possibly last) update to the CARES 2 Act (emergency response to coronavirus). Voting may start in the next 48 hours.



However, monthly payments to the people are not currently part of this plan.



This may be our last chance to make them do the right thing for our families and communities. We need you to make time today to take action and send the message to our Congressional Reps that they must put people first in this crisis. Tomorrow may be too late, please do this now.



Here’s a link to the website that has all the actions in one place for you.



Go to: bailoutthepeople.com This site gives you 5 simple actions you can take to voice your support for UBI to encourage Congress to include recurring cash payments (target is $2000/month/adult and $500/month/child)

We are launching a Twitter campaign using the #CongressPassUBI hashtag on Friday and the hashtag #BailOutThePeople on Saturday. Please join us in this effort so we can get media attention!

Want to call your Representative, but don't know what to say? Here's a handy script for you to inspire you! Need more information before taking action?







Solutions that focus only on employers and wages will inevitably leave some people out and leave some people short. We must cast a wider net and help everyone with extraordinary expenses.



With the global recession predicted to be the worst downturn since the Great Depression, there is no chance that the disruption caused by the virus will end in just a couple of months. As the House crafts its next round of legislation, it makes sense to extend relief to keep businesses afloat and help keep wages flowing. At the same time, we must also keep people and families afloat through expanded unemployment insurance and bigger, regular, lasting direct payments.Solutions that focus only on employers and wages will inevitably leave some people out and leave some people short. We must cast a wider net and help everyone with extraordinary expenses. Recent polling shows that along with relief to small businesses and unemployment insurance, direct cash payments are one of the most popular things Congress can do in this crisis, with nearly 90% support among Democrats, Independents, and Republicans. MA District #1 Constituents - We Need You!

We need you especially to hear your concerns about the lack of UBI in this bill.

Did you know that your Representative, Richard Neal, is the head of the House Ways and Means Committee, in charge of the drafting of the CARES 2 Act?We need youto hear your concerns about the lack of UBI in this bill. He is also being challenged in the primaries by 4-term Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse , who is not only pro-emergency UBI, but pro-UBI in general! Humanity First Collective Slack Workspace

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