A Closer Look: Young people need the Working Americans’ Tax Cut Act
As a still-young (kinda) person myself, and the mother of a young person who will be starting his college journey next year, I worry a lot about what we are doing—and more importantly, not doing!—to ensure that young people still have a chance at the American Dream.
It's only been five weeks, but the good news on unions just keeps piling up—so much so that we feel we are in for a repeat of the summer of 2023. You may remember that was what organizers called “Hot Labor Summer,” given the historic victories that unions notched for workers across a variety of industries.
Here are a few of the ways that the Working Americans Tax Cut Act, or WATCA for short (S. 4083/HR 7937) provides a boost to hardworking low-income households while avoiding the pitfalls of other proposals.
We saw the interview that you gave last week to Andrew Ross Sorkin on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” and wanted to respond to some of the things you said that relate to our three-pronged mission to tax the rich, pay the people, and spread the power. There are places we agree, and areas we do not. We hope that you will approach this letter with an open mind, and consider joining us in our work.
A Closer Look: Here’s the skinny on the California wealth tax ballot measure
In late October, news broke that organizers in California had filed a measure, the “2026 Billionaire Tax Act,” to appear on the November 2026 ballot that would impose a one-time 5% tax on the state’s billionaires. Since then, there has been a relentless onslaught of panicked headlines that the proposal will lead the Golden State’s 200 or so billionaires to flee en masse.
A Closer Look: Time to win back our democracies before it’s too late
If there is one thing we want the world leaders at Davos this week to know, it’s this: it’s time to win back our democracies and shared futures by taxing the super rich before it’s too late.
Four years ago, we decided to cut America’s Gordian Knot by starting our Great Economy Project in Whiteville, North Carolina. This led to the creation of the Columbus County Deciders. Now, after years of on-the-ground work, we’re seeing our efforts pay off.
A Closer Look: What we’ve learned in the five years since January 6th
Yesterday marked the five-year anniversary of one of the most shameful days in American history: the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. Time has not diluted our conviction that what we witnessed five years ago was an unprecedented attack on American democracy fueled by Donald Trump’s lies.
For our last Closer Look of 2025, we wanted to reflect on the year we’ve had by sharing our top five most read Closer Looks of the year, along with a few of our personal favorites. We’ll also share some notable hits we had in our traditional earned media and social media campaigns.
Like many Americans, one of our favorite films to watch this time of year is Frank Capra’s 1946 It’s a Wonderful Life. Outside of being a holiday classic, it is consistently ranked as one of the greatest movies ever made.
When we think about the holidays and the season of giving, we can’t help but feel some nostalgia for Toys “R” Us, the toy superstore which closed its doors in 2018. But in all honesty that nostalgia brings with it anger towards the two-word culprit responsible for Toys “R” Us’ demise: private equity.
President Trump can’t seem to make up his mind as to whether America is suffering an affordability crisis. One day he declares himself the “AFFORDABILITY PRESIDENT” on social media for his efforts to lower prescription drug prices. Three days later, he says that affordability “doesn’t mean anything to anybody” and is a “fake narrative” and “con job” cooked up by Democrats.
That’s a Wrap: Patriotic Millionaires’ 2025 Fall Member Summit
Last week, our millionaire members flocked to Washington, D.C., from every corner of the country to do two hugely important things: discuss the biggest problem plaguing America today—MONEY—and get the message out about the solution we have to it: The MONEY Agenda.
A Closer Look: Obscene CEO pay is bad for business and society
CEOs getting paid 281 times more than their workers is most assuredly a problem. But one CEO receiving a trillion-dollar pay package that’s 17 million times more than what their workers are paid is a whole different story.
