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2002 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

Funds Resist Calls to Tell Proxy Votes
USA Today, 12/4/02

Not All Wealthy Americans Are in Favor of Repealing Inheritance Taxes
San Diego Union-Tribune, 11/15/02

Battle on Estate Tax: How Two Well-Organized Lobbies Sprang Into Action
New York Times, 6/13/02

Responsible Wealth Trumps Irresponsible Estate Tax Repeal
The Nation Online, 6/13/02

Tax the Wealthy: Why America Needs the Estate Tax
American Prospect, June 2002

Group's Report Highlights Bad Corporate Habits of Top Companies Kansas City Star, 4/12/02

Enthusiasts Don't Mind Having To Pay Taxes
New Orleans Times-Picayune, 3/24/02


Corporate Accountability

2002 Shareholder Advocacy Campaign


Tax Fairness

David Rockefeller Sr. Comes Out Against Estate Tax Repeal (San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 15, 2002)

Tax the Wealthy: Why America Needs the Estate Tax by William H. Gates Sr. and Chuck Collins (The American Prospect, June 17, 2002)

Not All Wealthy Americans Are in Favor of Repealing Inheritance Taxes (San Diego Union-Tribune, 11/15/02)

Keeping the Estate Tax (Buffalo News Editorial, 6/17/02)

Battle on Estate Tax: How Two Well-Organized Lobbies Sprang Into Action (New York Times, 6/13/02)


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, 2002 (PDF, 232 KB) RW Again Helps Preserve the Estate Tax • Shareholder Resolutions and Corporate Governance • Social Venture Network • Review: Wealth and Democracy by Kevin Phillips • State Budget Gaps

March, 2002 (PDF, 161 KB) Tax Fairness Pledge • Letters and Speeches by RW Members • Lessons of Enron • Review: The Divine Right of Capital by Marjorie Kelly • Review: Fuzzy Math: The Essential Guide to the Bush Tax Plan by Paul Krugman • Effective Tax Rates for Millionaires


Responsible Wealth in the News

Funds Resist Calls to Tell Proxy Votes
USA Today, 12/4/02

Not All Wealthy Americans Are in Favor of Repealing Inheritance Taxes
San Diego Union-Tribune, 11/15/02

Battle on Estate Tax: How Two Well-Organized Lobbies Sprang Into Action
New York Times, 6/13/02

Responsible Wealth Trumps Irresponsible Estate Tax Repeal
The Nation Online, 6/13/02

Tax the Wealthy: Why America Needs the Estate Tax
American Prospect, June 2002

Group's Report Highlights Bad Corporate Habits of Top Companies Kansas City Star, 4/12/02

Enthusiasts Don't Mind Having To Pay Taxes
New Orleans Times-Picayune, 3/24/02

 

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