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The Call to Preserve the Estate Tax |
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THE LATEST
Federal Revenues at Lowest Ebb since 1959 Bush budget drives deeper wedge into public services. Wealthy Americans band together to reject their own tax breaks. Feb. 7, 2005
 New Report: State of the Dream 2005
Under Bush, People of Color Slide Further from King's Dream
After steady economic gains in the 1990s, Latinos, African Americans and other people of color have actually lost ground since 2000, according to United for a Fair Economy’s newest report. Jan. 10, 2005
WWMLKD: What Would Martin Luther King Do? As we usher in President Bush for a second term in office, it's time to ask: Has lived up to Dr. King's legacy? Jan. 14, 2005
Social Security: Don't Believe the Hype! Jan. 18, 2005
Universal Life-Long Social Security
There are many in the US who have life-long security, but it is not seen as “social” security. Security comes from having wealth. But where does wealth come from? Jan. 25, 2005
Republicans Consider Keeping Estate Tax Alive for the Very Rich This Wall Street Journal report identifies UFE's Responsible Wealth project as a key opponent of estate tax repeal. Jan 19, 2005
ESTATE TAX
Small Business Is Not against the Estate Tax The estate tax has played a positive, important role in our tax system for 85 years. Many small business owners know that keeping it is the right thing to do. Nov. 26, 2004
> MORE ON UFE'S CAMPAIGN TO REFORM, NOT REPEAL, THE ESTATE TAX
RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE
 Vote the Dream: Why the Hip-Hop Generation Can't Wait New from UFE: a hip-hop voter education guide. Oct. 7, 2004
Doubly Divided: The Racial Wealth Gap. Throughout U.S. history, countless specific laws, policies, rules, and court decisions have made it more difficult for nonwhites to build wealth. Sep. 16, 2004
> MORE FROM UFE's RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE PROJECT
STATE & LOCAL TAXES
 Find out how you can get your city council and other organizations in your community to pass resolutions demanding an end to tax breaks for millionaires and corporations.
> MORE ON STATE AND LOCAL TAXES
FEDERAL TAXES
  Responsible Wealth Member Calls for Fair Taxes on CBS Evening News
"If you want to give out tax breaks, if you want to prime the economy, then do it for working people," RW Member Heleny Cook says. "Don't do it for privileged people who have millions of dollars in the bank." Oct 6, 2004
For the historical perspective on the Great American Tax Shift, read UFE's report Shifty Tax Cuts. Apr. 7, 2004
A FAIR ECONOMY
Bay Area educational development company Reach and Teach has animated UFE's classic Ten Chairs exercise dramatizing the distribution of wealth in the U.S. Oct. 20, 2004
The Forbes 400: They Didn't Do it Alone. June 24, 2004
CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY
UFE Report: CEO Pay Soars at Companies That Send Jobs Overseas Biggest Convention Sponsors & Political Donors Also Pay CEOs More August 30, 2004
FAIR TRADE
The Interhemispheric Resource Center issues a critique of Kerry's Latin American policy. July 26, 2004
UFE IN THE NEWS (A RECENT SAMPLER)
WWMLKD: What Would Martin Luther King Do?
Commondreams.org Jan. 14, 2005
The Issues: Permanent Tax Cuts (interview with RW member Heleny Cook)
CBS Evening News Oct 6, 2004
"Self-made" Rich Folks Owe the Rest of Us Big-Time
Seattle Times Sep 30, 2004
Are Bush's Tax Cuts Doing the Job? (quotes two Responsible Wealth members)
Los Angeles Times Sep 29, 2004
Microsoft's Bill Gates Still Richest American
Newsfactor Business Report Sep 26, 2004
Economic Racial Divide Persists
CBS MarketWatch Sep 23, 2004
Radio Commentary on Google IPO
Marketplace Radio Morning Report Aug 20, 2004
It Takes a Village to Raise a Millionaire
Christian Science Monitor Aug 2, 2004
How Government Spending Creates Wealth, Opportunities
Chicago Sun-Times July 17, 2004
> MORE UFE IN THE NEWS
2004 UFE PUBLICATIONS
Executive Excess 2004: Campaign Contributions, Outsourcing, Unexpensed Stock Options and Rising CEO Pay
CEOs at the companies outsourcing the most workers were paid more than typical CEOs. The report also looks at the link between high CEO pay and campaign contributions. August 30, 2004
I Didn't Do It Alone: Society's Contribution to Individual Wealth and Success Some wealthy Americans recognize that factors such as societal investment, privilege, historical timing and luck had a role in their success. This report spotlights successful entrepreneurs and concludes that the myth of self-made success actually threatens the social infrastructure upon which wealth creation depends. June 24, 2004
Shifty Tax Cuts: How They Move the Tax Burden off the Rich and onto Everyone Else The tax burden is shifting off the wealthy and onto everyone else. This report details five tax shifts in recent decades. Revised April 20, 2004
The State of the Dream 2004: Enduring Disparities in Black and White Racial inequities in unemployment, family income, imprisonment, average wealth and infant mortality are actually worse than when Dr. King was killed. Jan. 15, 2004
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