Wealth
April 15th: Gratitude Day (Op-ed)
by bob ()Ask a group of people to choose...their least favorite day of the year and the odds are good many will choose the same day, April 15th, tax day... But I'd like to offer my fellow high-income taxpayers some advice on why April 15th should be celebrated rather than feared. By Eric Schoenberg
Investors Favored Over Wage Earners (Op-ed)
by bob ()OVER THE LAST DECADE, nobody has gotten more love from Washington than investors. It's time to stop and ask if the love is misplaced.
2008 Estate Tax Lobby Day Success
by bob ()There was electric excitement in Washington, DC, during the UFE co-sponsored Estate Tax Lobby Day, where participants inspired each other and advocated for their belief in a strong estate tax.
Take the Tax Fairness Pledge
by bob ()Behind the scenes, the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy continue to drain our nation's capacity. Find out what your share is and redirect your savings to tax fairness efforts with the Tax Fairness Pledge.
Breaking the Silence
by bob ()Feature article focuses on wealthy people who are passing along values with their inheritances. Three members of Responsible Wealth, Fran Butler, Dal LaMagna, and Martin Rothenberg are profiled. (New York Times)
2007 EZ Tax Cut Table
by bob ()
Source: Tax Policy Center Table T06-0274, Nov. 13, 2006. (Does not include the effect of capital gains tax cuts enacted in 1997.)
*Includes wages and salaries, investment income, and government benefits on a pretax basis.
These are estimates of the personal share of the Bush tax cuts for the 2007 tax year.
Tales From the Wealth Gap
by bob ()Check out the range of real stories of the impact of economic inequality submitted to our website.
The Growing Divide and Its Impact on Health
by bob ()Challenging our Faith in Wealth
by bob ()A Tale from the Wealth Gap, by Cecile Andrews, author of Slow is Beautiful: New Visions of Community, Leisure, and Joie de Vivre and The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life.
How do we rouse people to get involved in movements for change? We're facing a growing gap between the rich and the poor, destruction of the planet through global warming, an endless war... Yet we go on with business as usual.
Wealth & Income Charts
by bob ()These charts are part of our report Foreclosed: State of the Dream 2008. Find more charts here.
