NPR: Higher Taxes for the Rich: Fair or Warfare?
Listen to the Patriotic Millionaires on National Public Radio, June 8, 2011. Tell Me More host Michel Martin speaks with Dennis Mehiel, chairman of U.S. Corrugated and Andy Shallal, owner of Washington, DC restaurant Busboys & Poets.
HuffPost: Why Millionaires Who Want Higher Taxes Don’t Just Donate Money To The Government
by Arthur Delaney, Originally posted on Huffington Post June 8, 2011 WASHINGTON — The self-described Patriotic Millionaires who want the government to close its budget gaps with higher taxes on the rich think it’s ridiculous to expect wealthy people to just “tax themselves” and donate their extra money to the government. “The idea that people are just [...]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Mary Liebman: 10 Years Later: A Costly Tax Cut for Rich
Originally printed in The Chicago Tribune June 7, 2011 Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., represents the 9th Congressional District and served on the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Mary Liebman founded Rich American Patriots United for a Tax Increase. Today is the 10th anniversary of the Bush tax cuts passed in 2001. In observance [...]
Chuck Collins: A Decade of Magical Tax-Cut Thinking
Originally posted on Common Dreams.org, May 30, 2011 by Chuck Collins The 2001 Bush tax cuts added $2.5 trillion to the national debt and disproportionately benefited the wealthiest households. Have we learned anything? by Chuck Collins Republican leaders in Congress have a one-point program for whatever ails the nation: cut taxes for millionaires and large corporations.(Creative [...]
Paul Egerman: Offshore Tax Dodging Hurts U.S. Business
By Paul Egerman Op-Ed Syndicated by American Forum, May 31, 2011 When a company like General Electric pays little or no U.S. income taxes, it has troubling implications for domestic business and our entire society. As a businessman and entrepreneur, I believe it is myopic tax policy to force domestic enterprises to compete on an [...]
Huff Post: Small Business Owners Demand Repeal of Bush Tax Cuts For The Rich
By Zach Carter Originally posted 5/4/11, The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Michael Teahan, like his father, mother, and uncles before him, is a small business owner. The 52-year-old has spent most of his adult life running his own businesses: a restaurant, a coffee bar and various companies involved in the espresso machine business. “I was [...]
CBS Sunday Morning: Patriotic Millionaires
CBS Sunday Morning, April 17, 2011 Morris Pearl, Leo Hindery, and Dennis Mehiel speak to CBS Sunday Morning about raising taxes for the wealthy.
Doug Matheson: Taxes not good or bad, just necessary and responsible
Posted on Herald and News, Saturday, April 16, 2011 By DOUG MATHESON, JERRY BROWN, RICK VROMAN, and CHUCK and SALLY WELLS At tax time this year, with the last-minute budget wrangling and state and national deficit problems, there’s even more than the usual reason to consider taxes. Unfortunately, we’re still a long way from addressing [...]
San Antonio Express News: Millionaires and their tax request
Originally posted on My San Antonio Friday April 1, 2011 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 richer. D. Sign a [...]
Sojourners Magazine: Taxes and the Common Good
By Chuck Collins Published in Sojourners Magazine, April 2011 Download a PDF 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 current tax debates. [...]