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.
A Closer Look: What the Epstein files tell us about extreme wealth
Most of the reporting around the Epstein files has centered on the salacious and horrific allegations against members of Epstein’s elite inner circle contained in the troves of documents. Yet, there has been little public discussion about what the files reveal about how our “Second Gilded Age,” with its unprecedented concentration of wealth, not only shields perpetrators from accountability but makes their crimes possible in the first place.
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.
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.
A Closer Look: To billionaire or not to billionaire, that is the question
There are nuanced conversations to be had in defining how much is too much when it comes to personal wealth. Today, we’re ready to take on that challenge and start by saying this: $1 billion is more than enough.
Today is my birthday. Some people do not like their birthdays. I am not one of those people. I love my birthday. People have to be nice to you and you can pretty much do/say whatever you want (within reason). For my birthday this year, I asked the Patriotic Millionaires’ team if I could write this week’s Closer Look, our normally calm, measured, and eminently reasonable weekly thought piece about the economy. Shockingly they said yes, which I’m absolutely sure has nothing to do with the fact that I’m the boss.
On Wednesday morning, millions of Americans woke up to the news of a federal government shutdown. The government will remain closed until Senate Democrats and Republicans agree on a funding bill to pass, which isn’t looking likely anytime soon. While Trump can still do a lot of damage while the government is shuttered, it’s nonetheless a good opportunity to pause and reflect on the last nine months.
Historically, unions have always played an essential role in stabilizing economies and ensuring that businesses properly share the fruits that their workers’ labor produces. But, over the last four months, it’s become clear that unions are also integral to stabilizing democracies and spreading political power among the masses too.
A Closer Look: Abigail Disney speaks at the Vatican
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.
A Closer Look: America’s life raft needs to be union-made
Last week, we told you about Trump’s strategy to “flood the zone” by ushering in an endless parade of policy changes in an effort to totally overwhelm his opponents and hamper their ability to effectively fight back. It’s now week three of Trump’s second term, and unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably noticed that his flood zone has become something of a tsunami.
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.
It’s hard to believe that we are just 12 days away from Election Day. The Patriotic Millionaires have never minced words, and we’re not going to start now: the stakes are extraordinarily high.
