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.
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.
Democrats Have Six Months to Get Their Act Together
Democrats had three months to get their act together and completely blew it. Now, they have another six months to try again – and there’s too much on the line for them to fail.
Senate Democrats Must Block Republicans’ Spending Bill
If you’re losing a battle against an enemy but have a sword in your hand, it should go without saying that you should use that sword to defend yourself. But we’re going to say it anyway for the sake of Senate Democrats.
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.
