Press Release: Wealthy People Show Support for Protests with New Website: “We are the 1 percent. We stand with the 99 percent.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday, November 1, 2011 Contact: Lacy MacAuley, Institute for Policy Studies; (202) 445-4692 mobile; lacy@ips-dc.org Chuck Collins, Institute for Policy Studies; (617) 308-4433; chuckcollins7@mac.com Wealthy People Show Support for Protests with new website: “We are the 1 percent. We stand with the 99 percent.” Washington DC – Resource Generation [...]
June 6 Patriotic Millionaires Press Conference
On June 6, 2011 the Patriotic Millionaires held a press conference to mark the 10-year anniversary of the Bush tax cuts and encourage Congress to put millionaire tax rates on the table in the budget debates. Download (mp3) “I pay a lesser percentage of my income now than I have paid at any time in [...]
Press Release: More than 800 U.S. Business Organizations and Owners Endorse Ending Corporate Tax Haven Abuse
Contact: Scott Klinger, 433-602-0136 Ann Manning, 612-802-8513, ann@wealthforcommongood.org Washington, DC. April 13, 2011 — Amid fierce federal budget debates, and press reports about large companies such as General Electric paying no US income taxes, more than 800 business organizations and business people are publicly calling on Congress and the President to stop corporate tax haven abuse. [...]
Press Release: Patriotic Millionaires Strike Again
For Immediate Release: Contact: Jesse Beck at AGENDA PROJECT April 13th, 2011 212-481-8302 or jbeck@agendaproject.org **** www.patrioticmillionaires.org Patriotic Millionaires Strike Again Millionaires to President, Reid and Boehner: “Increase our taxes NOW!” Signers include: Director Doug Liman (Bourne Identity, Mr and Mrs Smith and Fair Game), actress Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), the [...]
Press Release: Wealth for the Common Good Launches Millionaire Sign-On Letter Endorsing Fairness in Taxation Act
Boston, MA, March 17, 2011–Wealth for the Common Good and The Agenda Project launched a letter this week with 15 inaugural millionaire signers to endorse the Fairness in Taxation Act, which would institute new, additional taxes for millionaires and billionaires. The letter may be found here (PDF). The letter supports the bill introduced yesterday by [...]
Press Release: Millionaires Urge Congress to Reject Compromise On Bush Tax Cuts for Rich
Washington, D.C., December 8, 2010 – While Congress debates how to address the expiring Bush-era tax cuts, Wealth for the Common Good today joins with Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength, a campaign of the Agenda Project, and a wide coalition of grassroots organizations to deliver 50,000 petition signatures calling on Congress to stand up for [...]
Press Release: 410 High-Income Americans Press Congress and President Obama to “Let My Tax Cuts Expire”
Boston, MA, November 23, 2010– In a spirit of thanksgiving, a group of 410 high-income Americans have signed a petition sponsored by Wealth for the Common Good, a network of business and civic leaders, wealthy individuals and partners promoting fair and adequate taxation to support public investment in a healthy economy. These high-income earners join thousands of [...]
June 2010: Upcoming Events in Minneapolis: Social Justice and Tax Equity
Please join Wealth for the Common Good, Headwaters Fund, and Growth & Justice for two special events in Minneapolis: * Monday, June 14th, 5:00-7:00 pm * Tuesday, June 15th, 11:30 am-1:15 pm You are invited to hear Ann Manning, Outreach Director for Wealth for the Common Good, speak on economic inequality and the role of [...]
New study reveals 50 years of tax breaks favor wealthy
Estimates Tax cuts for Wealthy Individuals between 2001-2008 Cost U.S. Treasury $700 Billion Recent Poll Shows Majority of Americans in Both Political Parties Favor Increased Taxes on Wealthy Americans Contact: Kristi Ceccarossi, 617-477-8630, ext. 307, kristi@wealthforcommongood.org Boston, MA, April 6, 2010– In the wake of a Quinnipiac University poll which found that 60 percent of [...]
April 2010: Leveraging Privilege: Transforming The Debate About Taxes & Philanthropy
April 7th in New York City 5:30-7 pm Featuring: Jamie Johnson, “Born Rich” filmmaker and Vanity Fair blogger Eric Schoenberg, investor and Columbia Business School Professor Chuck Collins and Alison Goldberg, Wealth for the Common Good founders Learn how those of us in the philanthropy world can leverage billions of dollars toward issues we care [...]