Use the New $6000 Senior Tax Deduction to Support Your Values and Reduce the Harm of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
We are calling the campaign “Take THIS Bait — But Don’t Get Hooked.” It offers people who are unable to march and protest an action they can do from home. And provides those who can protest and march a way to take their activism further. People over and under 65, people with money and without, can find at least one action that Supports Their Values and suits their means.
Educate. Spread the Word. Donate
Educate Yourself and Others on the Damage of the OBBBA
OBBBA (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) made extensive changes in taxes and spending, reflecting the priorities of the current administration – giving huge tax breaks to the rich and their corporations, funding homeland security and immigration at staggering levels, and cutting spending in healthcare, education, and food assistance. Although all of us are hurt in some way by these policies, people with the most need are receiving the greatest harm. Learn more about the OBBBA
The enhanced $6000 senior deduction allows eligible taxpayers 65 and over to subtract an additional $6000 from taxable income. It is a deduction, not a credit. That means it reduces the amount of income that is taxed for some seniors, but does not provide a refund by itself.
More than 50% of seniors owe no income tax and will not benefit from the deduction. No one will get a gift of $6000. Eligible seniors may see a maximum tax savings of $600-$1440 per senior in their household, depending on their rate of taxation. Learn more about the $6000 senior deduction.
Spread the Word to Others
Not everyone will qualify for the deduction. However, everyone can share this information:
with friends/family who can share with their friends/family who have friends/family who can donate
on print or social media
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Hey,
I just found out about this cool campaign, called Take This Bait, but don’t Get Hooked. It uses the new $6000 enhanced senior tax deduction to chip away at the harm done by the Budget Reconciliation Act of 2025 (OBBBA) called One Big Beautiful Bill by those who supported it. I thought you’d like to know about it, too.
No doubt you remember OBBBA, how it gave big benefits to the richest and took vital programs away from those with the most need. Its provisions and budget cause great harm, including thousands of fatalities. [. ] link to the Death Toll. [. ] link to the Summary of the OBBBA.
One small piece of the 900-page OBBBA is an additional $6,000 tax deduction for people over 65 who are middle income earners with income of less $150,000 for single filers and less than $250,000 for married of head of household filers. [. ] link to the summary of $6000 deduction.
The Take This Bait, but Don’t Get Hooked campaign includes spreading the word about the damage OBBBA created and about the limits of the $6000 enhanced senior tax deduction. In addition, it gives some of you an opportunity to take another action—redirecting your tax savings—that can improve the lives of those who lost the most.
The $6000.00 is not a gift nor a credit, but merely a reduction in taxable income. It will, at the maximum, decrease taxes owed by a little over $1,400 per eligible filer. And it isn’t available to all seniors. Especially worrisome is that it isn’t available to those whose income is so low they pay no income tax, the very people who need it the most.
Providing this deduction is not an act of generosity. It isn’t paid for by the billionaires nor the mega corporations who got massive tax breaks, and it doesn’t come out of ICE’s bloated funding. It is made available by cutting life-saving support for those with the greatest need and by increasing the deficit.
Many who qualify don’t really want money that was made available by cuts to programs they care about. But of course, they know that leaving the money in the treasury would just make it available for programs that don’t support their values. So, those who can afford it, could redirect their tax savings to organizations and candidates that support their values.
If you don’t qualify for the deduction or need to use the money yourself, you can share this information with friends and family or to those beyond who qualify but don’t need the money.
These two actions — sharing information and donating your tax savings — are the cool campaign that I thought would interest you:
If you are going to forward this email, please remove my name and contact information.
For sample letters send to other, click HERE and HERE.)
Take This Bait, but Don’t Get Hooked launched by Portland D2 Neighbors Indivisible [LINK HERE].
For a more detailed look at OBBBA and its authorization [. ],
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Hey, I just found out about this cool campaign, called Take This Bait, but don’t Get Hooked. It uses the new $6000 enhanced senior tax deduction to chip away at the harm done by the Budget Reconciliation Act of 2025 (OBBBA) called One Big Beautiful Bill by those who supported it. I don’t qualify for it because I’m too young. but I am hurt by its provision.
No doubt you remember OBBBA, link to the summary [. ] how it gave big benefits to the richest and took vital programs away from those with the most need. Its provisions and budget cause great harm, including thousands of fatalities. [. ] link to the Death Toll. [. ]
One small piece of the 900-page OBBBA is an additional $6,000 tax deduction for people over 65 who are middle income earners with income of less $150,000 for single filers and less than $250,000 for married of head of household filers. [. ] link to the summary of $6000 deduction.
The Take This Bait, but Don’t Get Hooked campaign includes spreading the word about the damage OBBBA created and about the limits of the $6000 enhanced senior tax deduction. In addition, it gives some of you an opportunity to take another action—redirecting your tax savings—that can improve the lives of those who lost the most.
The $6000.00 is not a gift nor a credit, but merely a reduction in taxable income. It will, at the maximum, decrease taxes you owe by a little over $1,400 per eligible filer.
Providing this deduction is not an act of generosity. It isn’t paid for by the billionaires nor the mega corporations who got massive tax breaks, and it doesn’t come out of ICE’s bloated funding. It is made available by cutting life-saving support for those with the greatest need and by increasing the deficit.
Many who qualify don’t really want money that was made available by cuts to programs they care about. But of course, they know that leaving the money in the treasury would just make it available for programs that don’t support their values. So, those who can afford it, could redirect their tax savings to organizations and candidates that support their values.
If you don’t qualify for the deduction or need to use the money yourself, you can share this information with friends and family or to those beyond who qualify but don’t need the money.
These two actions -- sharing information and donating your tax savings -- are the cool campaign that I thought would interest you:
If you are going to forward this email, please remove my name and contact information.
For sample email send to other people, click HERE and HERE.)
Take This Bait, but Don’t Get Hooked launched by Portland D2 Neighbors Indivisible
[LINK HERE].
For a more detailed look at OBBBA and its authorization [. ],
Donate What You Can and Where it Supports Your Values
Some of us see this $6000 deduction as a way to placate us, as a bribe for a Republican vote in 2028, or to make us complicit in the damage OBBBA has done. To simply refuse the deduction leaves money in the treasury that is likely to be used for programs that conflict with our values. This campaign, Take THIS Bait, but Don’t Get Hooked, provides an opportunity to counter these policies.
Donate what you can of your tax savings to organizations that are working to help those who need it most, advocacy groups working for social justice, or candidates working for political change.