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)

Gates Sr. Spars with GOP over Estate Tax (Washington Post, 3/16/01)

Bill Gates Sr. Debates Pete du Pont on Estate Tax Repeal (Slate.com, 3/12/01)

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)

LOOK BEYOND MYTHS; Why repeal the estate tax? (Wilmington, NC Morning Star, 2/22/01)

Estate Tax -- Where the Rich Draw the Line (San Francisco Chronicle, 2/20/01)

Billionaire Backlash (Newsweek, 2/19/01)

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)

The Estate Tax Preserves What's Best in America (New York Post, 2/16/01)

Dozens of the Wealthy Join to Fight Estate Tax Repeal (New YorkTimes, 2/14/01)

My Estate Should Be Taxed (Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/7/00)

The Fading of the American Dream (Aventura News, 9/00)

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

Conferences

National Conference and Lobby Day, February 6 - 8, 2005

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

October, 2000 (PDF, 540KB) Estate Tax Victory • Living Wage Campaigns • Resource Generation • 2001 Shareholder Activism Preview

July, 2000 (PDF, 463KB) Inequality and Health • 2000 Legislative Agenda • Corporations and Democracy • Spirituality and Business • Choosing the High Road: Business benefits of paying a living wage

February, 2000 (PDF, 525KB) Tax Fairness Pledge • Estate Tax • Disney Shareholder Resolution • Business Leaders for a Living Wage • Seattle WTO Protests • Economic Justice Bus Tour

October, 1999 (PDF, 409KB) Frances Moore Lappé • 2000 Shareholder Activism Preview • Excessive CEO Pay • Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities • Federal Tax Legislation

Press Releases

Press Releases • 2001

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)

Responsible Wealth 2000 Shareholder Resolution Press Releases:

• EXXONMOBIL Shareholders Challenge CEO Pay Geyser (5/24/01)

• AT&T Dials Wrong Number on CEO Pay (5/21/01)

• HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL Shareholders Oppose Predatory Lending (5/3/01)

• RAYTHEON's CEO Misses Target on Employee Satisfaction Goals (4/23/01)

• Resolution: FLEETBOSTON CEO Must Share Both Rewards and Sacrifices (4/11/01)

• Shareholders Challenge CITIGROUP on Shareholder Responsibility (4/11/01)

• Shareholders Ask DISNEY to Spread the Wealth (3/1/01)

Top Paid CEOs Don't Deliver Top-Notch Results (4/6/01)

Critics of Estate Tax Bill Speak Out (4/3/01)

Small Business Owners, Entrepreneurs Join Wealthiest Americans in Call to Preserve Estate Tax Bill Gates Sr. testifies before Senate Finance Committee (3/15/01)

400 Millionaires, Small Business Owners Join Estate Tax Supporters (2/27/01)

Over 300 More Wealthy People Sign On To Preserve Estate Tax (2/19/01)

Bill Gates, Sr., George Soros, Steven Rockefeller, 100 Others Oppose Estate Tax Repeal (2/14/01)

Press Releases • 2000

RW Member Martin Rothenberg Speaks At White House to Support President’s Veto of Estate Tax Repeal (8/31/00)

Transcript of Rothenberg Statement at White House (8/31/00)

Wealthy Families Oppose Estate Tax Repeal (8/30/00)

Responsible Wealth 2000 Shareholder Resolution Press Releases:

• As CEO Pay Rockets Higher, Shareholders Urge Companies to Share the Rewards More Widely (4/5/00)

• AIG (5/11/00) Institute Real Elections for Board of Directors
• AT&T (5/22/00) Freeze CEO Pay During Downsizing, Disclose Corporate Welfare
• Disney (2/18/00) Broaden Employee Ownership
• General Electric (4/26/00) Disclose Political Spending
• Honeywell (5/1/00) Link CEO and Worker Pay
• Huffy (4/27/00) Freeze CEO Pay During Downsizing
• Microsoft (11/7/00) Disclose Political Spending
• Raytheon (4/26/00) Freeze CEO Pay During Downsizing

Wealthy Taxpayers To Give Away Tax Breaks (4/13/00) Over $3 million donated since 1998 in "Tax Fairness Pledge"

Paying a Living Wage Is Good For Business, Employers Say (3/29/00)

Press Releases • 1999

Responsible Wealth Shareholder Resolution Press Releases:

• Shareholders Spotlight CEO-Worker Wage Gap at 8 Companies (4/8/99)
• AlliedSignal (4/22/99)
• AT&T (5/17/99)
• BankAmerica (4/28/99)
• BankBoston (4/20/99)
• Citigroup (4/15/99)
• General Electric (4/20/99)
• Huffy (4/20/99)
• R.R. Donnelley (3/25/99)

Responsible Wealth's Tax Pledge 1999 (3/10/99)

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

Gates Sr. Spars with GOP over Estate Tax
Washington Post, 3/16/01

Bill Gates Sr. Debates Pete du Pont on Estate Tax Repeal
Slate.com, 3/12/01

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

Billionaire Backlash
Newsweek, 2/19/01

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

The Estate Tax Preserves What's Best in America
New York Post, 2/16/01

Dozens of the Wealthy Join to Fight Estate Tax Repeal
New YorkTimes, 2/14/01

My Estate Should Be Taxed
Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/7/00