http://wealthforcommongood.org Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:30:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Chuck Collins, Co-Founder of Wealth for the Common Good Thursday, March 11 at 7:30 pm near Burlington, VT For details, contact Chuck at chuckcollins7@mac.com There is a highly polarized conversation about the role of government and taxes in advancing a healthy and fair economy.  Does the concentration of wealth and power undermine our democracy? ... http://wealthforcommongood.org/business-and-wealth-for-the-common-good-in-shelburne-vt/ While Wealth for the Common Good's focus is on fair and progressive taxes, we are committed to public policies that rebalance the economy so that it works for everyone - not just the wealthy. That's why we're excited that our partners, including Business for Shared Prosperity and the American Sustainable ... http://wealthforcommongood.org/creating-a-consumer-financial-protection-agency/ Happy new year from Wealth for the Common Good! We're starting 2010 with the launch of a new campaign: Business and Investors Against Tax Haven Abuse. Please sign the petition calling on policymakers to end tax dodging and support a level playing field for business. An estimated $100 billion or more ... http://wealthforcommongood.org/newsletter-jan-19-2010/ Originally posted on New Voices of Philanthropy on January 13, 2010 Many of us find our way into philanthropy because we want to be on the “resource side” of social change – to help get money to where it needs to go. And foundations certainly control a lot of money – ... http://wealthforcommongood.org/new-voices-of-philanthropy-where-will-the-money-come-from/ Philadelphia: Saturday, January 23, 2010 from 3:00-5:30 pm Los Angeles: Thursday, February 11, 2010 from 7:00-9:00 pm Wealth for the Common Good is partnering with Resource Generation, and Bread & Roses Community Fund in Philadelphia, to sponsor these workshops. They focus on the roles young people with wealth can play in progressive ... http://wealthforcommongood.org/philadelphia-workshop-wealth-taxes-economic-justice/ Drummond Pike is the Founder and CEO of Tides. This was posted on December 17, 2009 on City Brights. The Wall Street Journal reports that the effort to extend the current Estate Tax regime through next year has failed. As part of the Bush tax cuts, the exemption, above which taxes are due, ... http://wealthforcommongood.org/drummond-pike-what-estate-tax/ We need your help to preserve the estate tax. Please call the Capitol Hill switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and tell your Senators that they cannot allow the federal estate tax to expire in 2010. If Congress takes no action before the end of the year, the estate tax will expire for ... http://wealthforcommongood.org/action-alert-we-need-your-help-to-preserve-the-estate-tax/ Posted on The Huffington Post on December 17, 2009 For eight years I have spoken to anyone who would listen about the importance of creating a strong estate tax, and there is no more critical time for action to be taken by Congress on this matter than now. In a few days ... http://wealthforcommongood.org/bill-gates-sr-strengthening-the-estate-tax-to-strengthen-the-country/ By Bill Gates Sr. and Chuck Collins Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune News Service on December 17, 2009 Imagine a story about tax policy created by horror writer Stephen King. A fictional Congress, divided between anti-tax ideology and fiscal responsibility, amends the inheritance tax on the very wealthy so that it disappears entirely one ... http://wealthforcommongood.org/mcclatchy-stephen-king-meets-the-estate-tax/ We are partnering with Growth & Justice in St. Paul, Minnesota to host two events in the Twin Cities on the role of wealthy individuals in progressive tax reform. For more information, contact Ann Manning at ann@wealthforcommongood.org http://wealthforcommongood.org/minneapolis-events/