Warren Buffett is calling. We need more wealthy folks like him to speak up for taxing the wealthy. Billionaire super-investor Warren Buffett has done it again. The Oracle of Omaha has made a bold and revealing statement about “taxing the […]
During an interview at the end of July, Matt Damon made a strong statement on tax fairness: “The wealthy are paying less than they paid at any time else, certainly in my lifetime, and probably in the last century… It’s […]
OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched. While the poor and middle class […]
We live in a very complex world, far different from the one most of us were born into, and it’s difficult for all of us to understand what government and economic policies are really needed in a 21st century world. […]
I love America, and have proudly invested in America. I have invested by building successful businesses employing thousands of American workers. And I have invested in our country by paying taxes. But our nation loses $100 billion a year to […]
Op-ed by Henry W. Bloch, co-founder of H&R Block Inc.: Something has gone terribly wrong in Washington, D.C. Over the last two decades, both Republicans and Democrats have put our country in a financial dilemma largely caused by one simple […]
The current GOP leadership and their colleagues in the Minnesota House and Senate are the unfortunate victims of the Taxpayer’s League and Governor Tim Pawlenty’s foolish “no new taxes, ever” pledge. I suspect many Republican legislators know that the best […]
Watch the video of CampusWorks Chairman and Wealth for Common Good member Eric Schoenberg on why we should increase top tax rates.