CBS Sunday Morning: Patriotic Millionaires on CBS Sunday Morning
Morris Pearl, Leo Hindery, and Dennis Mehiel speak to CBS Sunday Morning about raising taxes for the wealthy.
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My San Antonio: Millionaires and their tax request
Millionaires and billionaires have several options. They can: A. Do nothing except enjoy their wealth. B. Make an effort to position their money so that they avoid paying taxes. C. Continue working and investing, leveraging their wealth to become even [...]
Sojourners: Sojourners Magazine: Taxes and the Common Good
When Jesus invited the tax collector Zacchaeus down from his sycamore tree, did they sit in the shade and discuss capital gains rates and oil depletion allowances? We’re missing some transcripts that could serve as an ethical guide to our [...]
Distributed by Other Words: Huffington Post: Pay Up, Corporate Tax Dodgers
We’re chumps unless we force Congress to stop tax haven abuse. Instead of cutting state and federal budgets, the United States should crack down on the corporate tax dodgers thumbing their noses at us. Across the nation, states are making [...]
Augusta Free Press: Mitchell Gold: New Year’s Resolution-End greed, invest in a healthy economy
As a business owner who has created hundreds of jobs over the past two decades, I understand economic policies that build sustainable growth. Yet the billions in tax cuts for the wealthy just signed into law compromise our shared future. [...]
Minnesota Public Radio News: Gordon Stewart: Fear ‘redistribution of wealth’?
Those who own the language rule the world. Words can ignite the spark of hope; they can also light the fires of fear. Take, for instance, the phrases “redistribution of wealth” and “class warfare.” The visceral response in the American [...]
MetroWest Daily News: Howard Brick: Reinstate the estate tax
When I consider my generation’s legacy, I would like us to leave our children a healthy society with ample economic opportunity and not burdened by crushing levels of public debt. I believe a robust estate tax to help pay the [...]
TodayShow.com: TodayShow.com: Some millionaires say, ‘Tax Me, please!’
While Republicans are trading high-fives in Washington over a deal that would preserve tax cuts for even the very wealthiest Americans, not all the nation’s millionaires and billionaires are cheering. Certainly plenty of upscale earners on Wall Street and elsewhere are quietly celebrating [...]