Two members of our team, Alan Preston and Alison Goldberg, were in San Francisco last week to participate in this year’s Tides Momentum Leadership Conference. Alan was invited to give a brief overview of Wealth for the Common Good’s mission and our first campaign to reverse the Bush-era tax cuts on high-income households. And [...]
Our colleagues at Citizens for Tax Justice have just released another stellar report, this time comparing the net effects of the Bush tax cuts with the cost to enact the House Democrats’ health care proposal.
How much did the Bush tax cuts cost the country between 2001-2010?
$2.5 trillion.
How much would health care reform cost if it [...]
This week the Connecticut legislature passed a controversial budget that included an income tax increase on couples making more than $1 million and single filers earning $500,000 a year. (Read more about it here.)
Naturally, the initiative had its share of opponents. But it also won support from residents — among them, a group of upper-income [...]
Join Chuck Collins at the Wishcamper Center at the University Center at the University of Southern Maine for a stimulating evening exploring how our country moved away from the ideal of everyone paying their fair share to tax breaks for the few, why the estate tax is so important, and how we can use this [...]
Two members of Wealth for the Common Good spoke out today about the role our nation’s infrastructure plays in creating individual wealth. During a press conference, Arul Menezes, a principal architect at Microsoft, and Bill Collins, former mayor of Norwalk, Conn., talked about their personal stories of financial success and their willingness to pay more [...]
To mark the public launch of our campaign, Wealth for the Common Good members will address the media on Wednesday in a teleconference.
Arul Menezes, principal architect at Microsoft, and Bill Collins, former mayor of Norwalk, Conn., will speak on their personal interest in reversing the Bush-era tax cuts on wealthy individuals. Chuck Collins, co-founder of [...]
Wealth for the Common Good is calling on President Obama and members of Congress to immediately reverse Bush-era tax cuts on households with incomes over $235,000. Over several weeks, more than a thousand Americans have signed our petition, pledging to pay more to invest in the country. Hundreds of our signers would personally pay [...]