For media inquiries, please contact Kristi Ceccarossi at (617) 477-8630 x307 or e-mail kristi@wealthforcommongood.org.
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 business leaders and [...]
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 Americans in both [...]
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 about by speaking up for fair [...]
Published on 20 July 2010. Linked from the New York Times.
By Lynnley Browning
On Tuesday, hundreds of these businesses will join in the announcement of a grass-roots campaign against tax avoidance that has already drawn support from a prominent lawmaker.
The campaign, Business and Investors Against Tax Haven Abuse, is backed by Senator Carl Levin, Democrat of [...]
Published on 28 June 2010. Linked from The Nation.
By Chuck Collins
A century ago this summer, Theodore Roosevelt gave his remarkable “New Nationalism” speech about the dangers of concentrated wealth and corporate power. After witnessing a decade of financial corruption and corporate malfeasance, Roosevelt called on the nation to “effectively control the mighty commercial forces which [...]
Published 13 June 2010. Linked from nytimes.com.
By David Kocieniewski
When Congress passed a law that eliminated the estate tax for people who die this calendar year — with plans to bring it back with a vengeance in 2011 — the joke among estate planners was that 2010 might go down as the year of
“Throw Momma [...]