A Closer Look: Join us at “HOW TO WIN, Tax the Rich, and Save the World.”
After teasing you a bit last week about our 2026 Spring Symposium, “HOW WE WIN, Tax the Rich, and Save the World,” we’re thrilled to officially bring you into the fold and invite you to join us virtually for what we think will be one of the best events of the year. In just five days, you’ll be able to stream an event unlike any other.
It’s the beginning of a new month, and that means we’re seeing new reports about the job numbers from March 2026. The headlines say that unemployment dropped from 4.4% in February to 4.3% in March. That is good and welcomed news. But, it is not the full story and I want to explain a bit more about what is behind that number.
Seeing how today is also April Fools’ Day, we thought we’d have a little fun with the holiday—with a Patriotic Millionaires’ twist, of course. Unlike most, we aren’t spending the day cooking up elaborate pranks to play on our loved ones or coworkers. Instead, we created a list of our top five “April Tax Fools.”
A Closer Look: Demystifying the Working Americans’ Tax Cut Act
My name is Holli Woodings, and I’m the Vice President of Government Affairs here at Patriotic Millionaires where I oversee our legislative, policy, and political work. Previously I’ve served as the President of Boise City Council, as a State Representative in the Idaho Legislature, and as a Senior Fellow at the National Institute for Civil Discourse here in Washington, DC.
The “Good Billionaires” Abhor Anti-Oligarchy Tax Policy Too
Liberals often praise Warren Buffett for his statement about paying tax at a lower rate than his secretary, to show that not all billionaires are ridden with greed and won’t resist efforts to tax them more vigorously.
A Closer Look: The real culprit behind the Jimmy Kimmel fiasco is extreme inequality
It’s easy to point the finger at President Trump for all of the blatant attacks we’ve seen in recent days on the press and the right to free speech. We cannot ignore, however, that the real culprit behind the assaults on our democracy that we’re witnessing isn’t Trump, but rather the extreme concentration of wealth in America that enables him.
Adjusted Gross Income: The False Premise of Tax Apologists for the Ultrarich
This recent Youtube presentation by Steve Ballmer is a primer of sorts on taxation in the U.S. Ballmer, the 8th wealthiest American, whose wealth, depending on the day, is around $150 billion. He covers a lot of ground in the video, but focuses most on the federal income tax.
A Closer Look: Our money always wins in the tax arena
Last week, we told you the story about how our tax code pits our money against your sweat in a cage fight and how it’s crowned our money the winner. This week, we’re going to tell a different story about how our money always wins—even when there’s no cage fight at all.
A Closer Look: The Equal Tax Act is exactly what America needs
Yesterday, we teased that we would be sharing a forthcoming solution to the way our tax code unfairly pits our money against your sweat. Today, we’re happy to share what we’ve been working on to reach this very important moment.
A Closer Look: Tax the rich. Save the planet (literally).
It’s really easy to blame the rich for today’s problems, because frankly, they deserve it. The rich bear most of the blame for what’s wrong with our economy. They bear most of the blame for what’s wrong with our democracy. And, they bear most of the blame for what’s wrong with our planet too.
A Closer Look: Our definition of patriotism is different than Trump’s
We recognize in times like this, it can be challenging to feel patriotic when faux patriotism is being used to tout tax cuts for the rich at the expense of the most vulnerable in our communities. That is why we here at Patriotic Millionaires would like to use both this Independence Day and this week’s Closer Look to reflect on what patriotism actually means, and to remind ourselves why we call ourselves the “Patriotic Millionaires.”
A Closer Look: Trump’s Unprecedented Self-Enrichment
We talk all the time about how President Trump bends over backwards to help boost the bottom lines of his billionaire friends. It’s about time that we discussed how Trump is moving mountains to benefit one billionaire in particular, and his favorite billionaire at that: himself.
A Closer Look: Don’t fall for the idea that the rich pay their fair share
When you’re in a war and expecting your enemy to attack, sometimes you have to launch a preemptive strike. That’s exactly what we’re going to do with conservatives’ ideas on tax fairness now that we’re fully engaged in the 2025 tax war.
