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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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
more...Originally posted by The Economist on 1/21/12 MITT ROMNEY is not the first multi-millionaire to seek the presidency, nor the richest. Ross Perot, the record-holder, spent some of his billions earned from computer data on losing bids in 1992 and 1996. Since then men who owe their or their family’s fortunes to oil, sport, publishing, [...]
By Tamara Keith Listen to the Story [4 min 37 sec] Download For the second week in a row, the Senate on Thursday voted down proposals to extend the payroll tax holiday through next year. In the case of the Democrats’ proposal, Republicans objected to the “millionaires surtax” that would be used to pay for [...]
by Bonnie Kavoussi Originally posted on The Huffington Post, 12/4/11 The movement to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans has gained an ally at the top of one of the United States’ largest banks. Ruth Porat, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Morgan Stanley, said on Saturday at the Economist’s World in 2012 summit that the government [...]
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