Taxing the Wealthy – TED Talk by Chuck Collins
Wealth for the Common Good founder Chuck Collins recently did a TED Talk on ‘Taxing the Wealthy’ which has just been published.
Tag Archives: estate tax
Common Dreams: Chuck Collins: Obama Tax Deal Further Concentrates Wealth and Power: Stop the Death Spiral to Plutocracy
In 2010, an essential moral test of a public policy choice is: Does it further concentrate wealth and power in the hands of a few? Or does it disperse concentrated wealth and power and strengthen possibilities for a democratic society [...]
MetroWest Daily News: Howard Brick: Reinstate the estate tax
When I consider my generation’s legacy, I would like us to leave our children a healthy society with ample economic opportunity and not burdened by crushing levels of public debt. I believe a robust estate tax to help pay the [...]
Yes Magazine: Naomi Sobel: Raise My Taxes, Please
Why one wealthy American wants the Bush tax cuts to expire and the estate tax to be reinstated. In the coming months, Congress will be decide the future of the federal estate tax and whether or not to continue substantial [...]
The Nation: The Nation: The Plutocracy Prevention Act
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 New York Times: NYT: What an estate looks like to the taxman
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 [...]
The Huffington Post: Huff Post: Resurrect the Estate Tax
by Chuck Collins & Sam Pizzigati
Originally published on HuffingtonPost.com, June 2, 2010
How can a civilized nation afford to hand the heirs of the super-rich billions of dollars tax-free and not afford to keep teachers in classrooms? [...]
: RG blog: May we all thrive
Originally posted on Resource Generation blog, May 24, 2010 May we all thrive by Libbey Goldberg If all of us are to thrive in the United States, we need accountability and support from our public systems of education, health, and [...]