An equitable tax system — paying for public services we all use, as well as offering support and a hand-up to those who’ve lost out in life’s lottery — should demand more of us. By Betsy Malcolm Distributed by Other […]
A group of wealthy young Americans starts a social-media campaign in support of Occupy Wall Street. Its message: Tax us! But some analysts are skeptical. In this Sept. 30 file photo, members of Local 100 of the Transport Workers […]
Reporting from Washington— While members of the so-called 99% take part in Occupy Wall Street protests, a new website lets some of the wealthy 1% declare their support for the movement. The site, called “We are the 1 percent. We stand with […]
Daniel Burger, a Philadelphia attorney and a member of the Patriotic Millionaires, explains why he supports raising taxes for those who make over one million dollars per year. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44795818#44795818
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Finally, an unemployed American whom President Obama was happy to hear from. During a town-hall style event here at the Computer History Museum, Obama was answering tough questions about his $447 billion American Jobs Act when […]
Pendred Noyce is president of Tumblehome Learning, Inc., and a member of Wealth for Common Good, a network of business and civic leaders promoting fair and adequate taxation. Her father, Robert Noyce, was co-inventor of the microchip and co-founder of […]
From the Resource Generation Blog: This letter to the editor was submitted to the NY Times at the end of last week. Sign on to a longer version of this letter at lettertothefuture.us. The Letter to the Future site will be updated soon […]
Though you could argue that any time’s a good time to be rich, perhaps many of the millionaires who support Wealth for the Common Good have grown weary of eating humble pie with those silver spoons. First President Obama did […]