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		Available Years 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 2001 Responsible Wealth Press Room Press Releases \| Corporate Accountability \| Tax Fairness \| Living Wage \| Newsletters \| Responsible Wealth in the News If you would like to be on our press list, contact communications director Betsy Leondar-Wright: Phone: 617-423-2148 x113 Fax: 617-423-0191 Email: bleondar-wright@faireconomy.org Give us your name, title, media outlet, mailing address, phone, fax, and email; whether you prefer to receive releases by fax or email or both; and any other information that would be helpful. Press Releases Stimulus Bill Squanders Funds Needed for Crisis (10/24/01) Estate Tax Repeal Opponents: "The Battle Isn't Over Yet" (6/5/01) Estate Tax Coverage (2001) Senate Tax Cut Bill: "A Giant Step Towards Economic Apartheid" (5/21/01) Bipartisan Compromise Estate Tax Reform Bill Announced (5/10/01) Bill Gates, Sr., Marian Wright Edelman, Senator Conrad and Others Rally to Preserve Estate Tax (5/7/01) Corporate Accountability 2001 Shareholder Advocacy Campaign Tax Fairness Interview With William Gates Sr.: Reflections on the Estate Tax and Philanthropy (Planned Giving Today, Fall 2001) Glad To Pay Estate Tax for Children's Trust Fund (Houston Chronicle, 5/30/01) A Tax Break's Unfortunate Legacy (Washington Post, 5/25/01) Focus on Farms Masks Estate Tax Confusion (New York Times, 4/8/01) Repeal of Estate Tax Would Cost More Than Previous Estimates (Wall Street Journal, 3/27/01) The Estate Tax: Mend It, Don't End It (Business Week, 3/5/01) Taxes: Most Pay With Pride (USA Today, 3/1/01) Behind Growing Case for an Estate Tax - Of Some Kind (Christian Science Monitor, 2/26/01) Why America's Richest Love Taxes (Observer of London, 2/25/01) Against Self Interest (San Francisco Chronicle Editorial, 2/22/01) Estate Tax -- Where the Rich Draw the Line (San Francisco Chronicle, 2/20/01) Defending the Estate Tax (New York Times editorial, 2/16/01) Dozens of the Wealthy Join to Fight Estate Tax Repeal (New YorkTimes, 2/14/01) Living Wage From 1998 to 2002, Responsible Wealth actively organized business owners who support a living wage. Over 100 business owners signed our Living Wage Covenant. Due to budget constraints and the success of the living wage movement, we stopped actively organizing on this issue in 2002. Business Leaders and Investors for a Living Wage Business Leaders and Investors for a Living Wage Living wage covenant Living wage covenant signers Q and A Living Wage Report Newsletters September, 2001 (PDF, 1.54 MB) Estate Tax • Statement by Sen. Kent Conrad on Estate Tax• Shareholder Activism 2001-02 • Predatory Lending • Living Wage Symposium • Rejecting the 2001 Tax Rebates April, 2001 (PDF, 651 KB) Call to Preserve the Estate Tax • Who Creates Wealth? • Investors' Right to Know Campaign • RW Inequality Index • Citizens for Tax Justice Responsible Wealth in the News Invest in Our Future, Not in Corporate Welfare Boston Globe, 12/15/01 (RW member Arnold Hiatt, former CEO of Stride-Rite Shoes, argues against tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy.) Tax Relief is Un-American, Wealthy Say CBS MarketWatch, 10/25/01 Registration required. Or, click here. Interview With William Gates Sr.: Reflections on the Estate Tax and Philanthropy Planned Giving Today, Fall 2001 Glad To Pay Estate Tax for Children's Trust Fund Houston Chronicle, 5/30/01 A Tax Break's Unfortunate Legacy Washington Post, 5/25/01 Focus on Farms Masks Estate Tax Confusion New York Times, 4/8/01 The Estate Tax: Mend It, Don't End It Business Week, 3/5/01 Taxes: Most Pay With Pride USA Today, 3/1/01 Behind Growing Case for an Estate Tax - Of Some Kind Christian Science Monitor, 2/26/01 Why America's Richest Love Taxes Observer of London, 2/25/01 Against Self Interest San Francisco Chronicle Editorial, 2/22/01 Estate Tax is All About Viewpoint Kansas City Star, 2/22/01 Estate Tax -- Where the Rich Draw the Line San Francisco Chronicle, 2/20/01 The Estate Tax: What's At Stake Bill Gates, Sr., Washington Post, 2/16/01 Defending the Estate Tax New York Times editorial, 2/16/01 Dozens of the Wealthy Join to Fight Estate Tax Repeal New YorkTimes, 2/14/01
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