Meet the Millionaires

“I’m not any more altruistic than the next guy. I’m just greedy for a different kind of country.”

“We have a responsibility to ensure that our planet is healthy and habitable for future generations. In my case as a person of wealth, I can only fulfill this responsibility if lawmakers strengthen their resolve to tax me more.”

“It’s just basic business sense to recognize that workers are human beings, not disposable and replaceable cogs in a machine. When people are paid enough to feel a basic level of economic security, they will be stronger and more productive workers.”

“Being a patriot and loving this country means a lot of things, but the willingness to pay and support it financially – not just verbally or emotionally – is an important part of being able to call yourself a patriot.”

“As inequality has widened over the last few decades and the rich have climbed further and further up the socioeconomic ladder, they’ve managed to pull the ladder up behind them, making it virtually impossible for others to get ahead.”

“I joined Patriotic Millionaires because I’m alarmed at the growing gap between the top 1% and the vast majority of working people who power our economy. These are the hard-working men and women who work two and three jobs and still struggle to afford decent housing, health and child care, and groceries. It’s flat out wrong, and the financial stress has had a corrosive effect on our democracy. Distrust, conspiracy theories and extreme partisanship thrive when the game is rigged.”