Bill Maher HBO, NICK HANAUER, Seattle Patriotic Millionare on $15 Min. Wage, Good Jobs, June 3
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Real Time with Bill Maher, Seattle entrepreneur and civic activist Nick Hanauer discusses economic inequality; 'trickle down' economic policies; the $15 minimum wage and the courage of Occupy and the work of fast food workers; better jobs and pay for US workers. June 3, 2016.
The Patriotic Millionaires Website
http://patrioticmillionaires.org/
Nick Hanauer's Website, good info.
http://www.nickhanauer.com
Politico, 'The Pitchforks Are Coming for Us Plutocrats', Nick Hanauer, July/August, 2014
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchforks-are-coming-for-us-plutocrats-108014
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Patriotic Millionaires Website
http://patrioticmillionaires.org/
About: The Patriotic Millionaires
The Patriotic Millionaires are a group of more than 200 Americans with annual incomes over $1 million and/or assets of more than $5 million who believe that the country’s current level of economic inequality is both dangerous and immoral. They recognize that while there are many causes of inequality, the current level of economic disparity is largely the result of a multi-decade effort by wealthy elites to enact legislation designed to enhance their personal wealth and their political power. This is done with little or no regard for the negative consequences such policies have on the vast majority of Americans.
The Patriotic Millionaires are dedicated to reversing these policies and to ensuring that the legislative capture that led to their adoption comes to an end. To realize that goal, the Patriotic Millionaires focus on a set of issues that best illustrate the difference between legislation that serves the interests of the majority of citizens and that which enriches the few. These issues are taxes, wages and the democratic process. Members expressly support legislation that directly yields:
A fairer tax system that includes greater tax obligations for millionaires and major corporations who have benefitted the most from the nation’s resources;
Higher incomes, beginning with a minimum wage of at least $15 an hour, for wage earners, who are the foundation of our nation’s economy; and
Less political influence for those whose sole credential is the ability to pay for it.
The Patriotic Millionaires’ strategy relies primarily on public education. They seek to use their unique position to expose the ways privileged self-interests influence the country’s legislative process. They also highlight specific policies that best serve the interests of the majority and that can promptly reverse growing levels of economic disparity.
