Unlike President Trump and congressional Republicans, we’re not letting go of our proposal to raise taxes on the rich. While they may have ideas and “concepts of a plan,” we are the ones with a legitimate, well-constructed legislative agenda that will deliver real and substantive relief to working people.
At a press conference in August 2024, while standing in front of a table stacked with grocery staples, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump said, “When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on day one.” We’re now officially 100 days into Trump’s second presidency, and not only did the president break that promise, but he is actively pursuing a policy agenda that will make America’s checkout lines wildly more expensive than they already are.
We don’t think it’s too much to ask to have an IRS that is equipped to collect the taxes that Americans owe and to help working people file their returns without undue burden. It’s a pity that the Trump administration disagrees.
The nightmare scenarios anti-tax groups paint ignore the huge impact of ‘buy-hold for decades-sell’ tax avoidance on the taxes our ultra-rich end up paying.
We don’t think it’s too much to ask to have an IRS that is equipped to collect the taxes that Americans owe and to help working people file their returns without undue burden. It’s a pity that the Trump administration disagrees.
Here at the Patriotic Millionaires, Tax Day serves as a yearly reminder that the ultra-wealthy can bypass many of the frustrating hurdles in our tax code at the expense of working people— and that it’s on us to continually call on lawmakers to raise our taxes. But now more than ever, we need Congress to act urgently, as we are facing an inequality crisis so extreme that it threatens the essence of our democracy.
There won’t be “empty chairs” at our Expert Town Hall
People are showing up in droves at town halls around the country to express their outrage over all the damage that Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their DOGE cronies are wreaking. Unfortunately, they’re not getting much in the way of answers from their elected officials. That’s why we’ve decided to host our own Expert Town Hall – “How to Beat the Broligarchs” – on Monday, April 7th, beginning at 9:00 AM ET.
Earlier this month, one of our members, Abigail Disney, spoke at an inaugural event, “Tax Justice and Solidarity: Towards an Inclusive Sustainable Common Home,” hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation in Vatican City.
On Monday, the world marked two important beginnings: the start of President Donald Trump’s second term and the 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland – better known as simply “Davos.” What we witnessed of the attendees at one event made us all the more confident in our demands of the attendees at the other.
Happy New Year! We hope that you and those close to you have had a wonderful start to 2025. We might be millionaires, but we’re no different than most when it comes to setting New Year’s resolutions. We think goal setting is important in any year and season, but especially this year as Republicans assume their “trifecta” of control in both chambers of Congress and the White House in less than two weeks.
They say you can judge a person by the company they keep. Donald Trump, surrounded by his cadre of old and new billionaire friends, is the epitome of this truth.
We hope that you and those close to you have a safe and joyful Thanksgiving. Before the holiday begins, however, we wanted to reach out to you with a small ask.
