Media Advisory:
Friday, March 23, 2018
Contact: Sam Quigley
202-446-0489
TODAY: DC Activists Take on Trump and the Carlyle Group to Close the Carried Interest Loophole
DC Councilmembers to Join Local Advocates Mobilizing Against Tax Breaks for Billionaires
Washington, DC – Today at noon, lawmakers and activists from around the District of Columbia will gather in front of The Carlyle Group to protest the private equity firm’s extensive lobbying campaign to preserve the egregious carried interest loophole, and to support a bill, recently introduced by DC Councilmember David Grosso, which would close that loophole in the District.
The District of Columbia would raise an estimated $152 million per year by closing the carried interest loophole, which allows billionaire fund managers to cut their tax bill nearly in half and pay a lower rate than teachers, janitors, and firefighters.
At this rally, speakers will discuss how that $152 million could be better spent to help the people of the District through affordable housing, better schools, or fixing the metro, rather than on a handout to a few wealthy fund managers. They will challenge billionaire Carlyle co-founder David Rubenstein and his colleagues for their efforts to use their enormous wealth, in the form of political contributions and high-priced lobbyists, to preserve this loophole in last year’s GOP tax bill.
WHAT:
Rally to close the Carried Interest Loophole in DC
WHO:
Elizabeth Falcon, DC Jobs with Justice (MC)
At-Large Councilmember David Grosso
Angie Whitehurst, DC Resident and Activist
Erica Payne, Patriotic Millionaires
Sequnely Gray, DC Jobs with Justice
WHEN:
Friday, March 23rd, at 12:00pm ET
WHERE:
Outside The Carlyle Group offices at 1001 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004
This rally is cosponsored by DC Jobs with Justice, DC Working Families, Jews United for Justice, The Hedge Clippers, American Federation of Teachers, Take On Wall Street, Patriotic Millionaires, Communication Workers of America, and Americans for Tax Fairness.
For further comments or questions, please contact Sam Quigley at sam@patrioticmillionaires.org
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