April 19th, 2019
Washington, DC
The Patriotic Millionaires Research Center kicked off the TAX THE RICH! Campaign during tax season in 2019 with a dynamic conference that included many of today’s leading thinkers and lawmakers.
Livestream
SPEAKERS
Senator
Jeff Merkley
Representative
Pramila Jayapal
Representative
Mark Pocan
Representative
Barbara Lee
Representative
Jan Schakowsky
Representative
Ruben Gallego
Randi Weingarten
American Federation of Teachers
Donna Hall
Women Donors Network
Tiffany Muller
End Citizens United
Ryan Grim
The Intercept
Cenk Uygur
The Young Turks
Stephanie Kelton
SUNY Stone Brook
Morris Pearl
Patriotic Millionaires
Pat Martone
Patriotic Millionaires
Jamal Simmons
TheHill.tv
Jerry Fiddler
Wind River Systems
Jonathan Capehart
The Washington Post
Dr. Shannon Monnat
Syracuse University
Paul O’Brien
Oxfam
Eric Schoenberg
Columbia University
Thea Lee
Economic Policy Institute
Nora Leccese
Resource Generation
Bill Lazonick
Academic-Industry Research Network
Matt Gardner
ITEP
Steve Wamhoff
ITEP
Peter Temin
MIT
Matt Gardner
ITEP
Karen Finney
Political Consultant
Celinda Lake
Lake Research Partners
Nancy McLean
Duke University
Charlie Simmons
Patriotic Millionaires
Charles Khan
Strong Economy for All Coalition
Sarah Anderson
Institute for Policy Studies
Andrea Levere
Prosperity Now
Stephanie Taylor
PCCC
Helaine Olen
The Washington Post Opinions
Sister Simone Campbell
NETWORK
Frederick Joseph
Auburn Seminary
Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
MomsRising
Maurice Mitchell
Working Families Party
PROGRAM
| Welcome Remarks: It’s Time for America’s Millionaires to Pick a Side | |
| with Erica Payne, President & Founder, Patriotic Millionaires | |
| Greedy for a Different Kind of Country | |
| with Morris Pearl, Chairman, Patriotic Millionaires | |
| Trump’s Tax Bill: The Art of the Steal | |
| with Senator Jeff Merkley | |
| My American Dream | |
| with Pat Martone, Patriotic Millionaires | |
| PANEL: 70% on the 11th Million – Too Much or Not Enough? | |
Moderator: Jamal Simmons, TheHill.tv
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| Resource Generation Leading for the Future | |
| with Nora Leccese, Resource Generation | |
| PANEL: On the Front Lines in the War of Worldviews | |
Moderator: Ryan Grim, The Intercept
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| How the Rich Got Richer | |
| with Jonathan Capehart, The Washington Post | |
| The Estate Tax | |
| with Sherry Vickar, Patriotic Millionaires and Representative Ruben Gallego | |
| The Stepped Up Basis | |
| with Eric Schoenberg, Columbia University | |
| Their Money vs Your Sweat | |
| with Karen Stewart, Patriotic Millionaires and Josh Nassar, United Auto Workers | |
| The Job Creator Myth | |
| with Thea Lee, Economic Policy Institute | |
| How Bad is it? Worse than You Think | |
| with Paul O’Brien, Oxfam | |
| What Killed Hope in America? | |
| with Dr. Shannon Monnat, Syracuse University | |
| PM Pop-Up | |
| with Suzanne Nash, Patriotic Millionaire | |
| Predator Value Extraction | |
| with Bill Lazonick, Academic-Industry Research Network | |
| The Games People Play (And By People We Mean Corporations) | |
| with Matt Gardner, ITEP | |
| Welcome to Progress: Reimagining the Tax Code | |
| with Steve Wamhoff, ITEP | |
| Let’s Play Economic Jenga with Billionaires | |
| with Erica Payne, Founder and President, Patriotic Millionaires | |
| Why We Don’t Have to, And Yet Still Must, Tax The Rich | |
| with Stephanie Kelton, SUNY Stone Brook | |
| Learning to Save America | |
| with Peter Temin, MIT | |
| Fund Our Future – Tax the Rich | |
| with Randy Weingarten, AFT | |
| PANEL: State by State | |
Moderator: Cenk Uygur
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| PANEL: What Americans Want and Who’s Standing in the Way | |
Moderator: Karen Finney, Political Consultant
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| Plutocracy Prevention: Wealth Tax | |
| with Chuck Collins, Institute for Policy Studies and Thea Lee, Economic Policy Institute | |
| CEO Pay | |
| with Sarah Anderson, Institute for Policy Studies | |
| Baby Bonds | |
| with Andrea Levere, Prosperity Now | |
| Is Bigger and Bolder Better? Yes! | |
| with Stephanie Taylor, PCCC | |
| PANEL: The Fierce Urgency of Now | |
Moderator: Helaine Olen, Washington Post Opinions
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| Closing Remarks | |
| with with Erica Payne, Founder and President, Patriotic Millionaires, and Morris Pearl, Chair of Patriotic Millionaires |