$28,500 GETS YOU A DINNER AT "21" WITH JOHN MCCAIN

Dan Cantor, Executive Director of the Working Families Party, sent an e-mail earlier today advising us that Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain will be in town tomorrow for a fundraiser at the 21 Club. (The suggested admission will only set you back about $28,500 per person.)

If you're short on cash, a rally outside the restaurant is being organized. Here are the particulars:

From: Dan Cantor, WFP [mailto:DanC@workingfamiliesparty.org]
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 2:31 PM
Subject: How different is McCain?

Dear WFP Supporter, John McCain likes to claim he's a different kind of Republican. He's a "maverick."

But tomorrow, he's holding a $28,500 per plate fundraiser right here in NYC that looks all too familiar. 

He's raising money at the at the "glamorous" 21 Club from New York's financial elite, the big money crowd that bankrolled the Bush administration. They want to keep the racket going for four more years.

Among the hosts is billionaire buyout tycoon Henry Kravis. Kravis and some of his financial friends got a lot of notice last year for taking advantage of a tax loophole that lets them pay income taxes at a lower rate than middle- and working-class people. We're not kidding.

Barack Obama wants to close the loophole. He thinks Kravis can afford to pay his fair share, and so does the WFP.

Surprise, surprise: McCain wants to keep the loophole open. It's the same old Republican approach -- government of, for, and by the ultra-wealthy.

Tomorrow, please join WFP and SEIU members and Billionaires for Bush/McCain at a rally outside the fundraiser.

We want the press and every YouTube watcher to ask: If McCain thinks billionaires should pay lower taxes than the doorman at his fundraiser, how different is he? 

When: 6:00 PM, Tomorrow -- Tuesday, June 10th

Where: The '21' Club, 21 West 52nd street -- Google map.

Stop by and join us if you can.

Dan Cantor
WFP Executive Director