Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength

Jay-Z: I'd Be Willing To Pay More Taxes

Posted 02.08.2012

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Warren Buffet, the investment wizard who is also one of the world's wealthiest men, has long advocated for higher taxes on the superrich. Now Jay-Z, B...

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The 1 Percent Indifferent to Their Indebtedness

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 01.28.2012

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Leo W. Gerard

Americans don't like debt, including bills owed by their government. It weighs on them, even when it's to create jobs and speed recovery. That's why there was a deficit Super Committee. But for the majority of millionaires, incurring debt does not evoke anxiety.

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Giving Thanks For The Occupation, Election, Demonstrations

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 01.21.2012

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Leo W. Gerard

Before the occupation movement began, country club conservatives had confined political discussion and concern to government deficits. No one acknowledged the unemployed, the impoverished or the foreclosed on -- except to condemn them. The occupations changed this.

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Bay Area Millionaires: 'Raise Our Taxes!'

Robin Wilkey | Posted 12.03.2011

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At last week's Occupy Wall Street San Francisco protest, demonstrators gathered in the Financial District chanting, "Why is life a bitch? 'Cause we do...

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Why Do We Ignore Millionaires' Offers to Pay More Taxes?

Bradley T. Borden | Posted 08.13.2011

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Bradley T. Borden

While a political battle rages over fixing the federal deficit, simple, but potentially very effective, offers to help solve our problems are going unheeded.

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Millionaires To Obama: Tax Us

The Ticket | Rachel Rose Hartman | Posted 05.25.2011

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More than 40 of the nation's millionaires have joined Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength to ask President Obama to discontinue the tax breaks ...

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