Responsible
Wealth in the News (A Sampler)
Revenge of the Hyper-Rich
Huffington Post June 8, 2005
Wal-Mart Annual Meeting Rejects Shareholder Initiatives
Associated Press June 3, 2005
Needed: Enlightened Business Leaders
TheNation.com Dec 13, 2004
The Issues: Permanent Tax Cuts (interview with RW member Heleny Cook)
CBS Evening News Oct 6, 2004
"Self-made" Rich Folks Owe the Rest of Us Big-Time
Seattle Times Sep 30, 2004
Are Bush's Tax Cuts Doing the Job? (quotes two Responsible Wealth members)
Los Angeles Times Sep 29, 2004
Radio Commentary on Google IPO
Marketplace Radio Morning Report Aug 20, 2004
It Takes a Village to Raise a Millionaire
Christian Science Monitor Aug 2, 2004
How Government Spending Creates Wealth, Opportunities
Chicago Sun-Times July 17, 2004
The self-made myth: Societal support key to much wealth creation, report says
CBS MarketWatch, 6/28/04
Estate Tax Repeal Emerges As Pivotal Budget Issue
CongressDaily, 3/8/04
Q & A: William Gates Sr. on the Estate Tax
Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 10/6/03
A
Fair Payment for War
Op-ed by William H. Gates Sr. and Chuck Collins, Washington Post,
3/25/03
Bill
Gates Sr. Brings Estate Tax Crusade
To Farmers Union
CongressDaily, 3/3/03
Repeal
of Estate Tax Morally Bankrupt
Sean Gonsalves,
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1/21/03
Bill
Gates Sr. Supports Estate Tax
USA Today, 1/13/03
Long
Live the Estate Tax!
The Nation, 1/9/03
Paul
Volcker Blasts Idea of Permanently Repealing Estate Tax
Wall
Street Journal, 1/2/03
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
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
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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
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
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
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