A group of millionaires visits Capitol Hill to ask lawmakers for a tax hike to help cut deficits. WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — A group of two dozen millionaires stormed Capitol Hill on Wednesday, demanding lawmakers raise their taxes. “We want […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]