The leftist “Patriotic Millionaires” refused on Tuesday to voluntarily pay higher taxes.
The leftist Patriotic Millionaires were firstin 2010 to demand an end to the George W. Bush tax cuts. Morris Pearl, a former BlackRock executive, chairs the group, and members include “filmmaker Abigail Disney; technologist Steve Silberstein; lawyer Roberta Kaplan; investor Lawrence Benenson of Benenson Capital Partners; textile entrepreneur Great Neck Richman; philanthropist Molly Munger; corrugated cardboard magnate Dennis Mehiel.
On Tuesday, the group held a press conference with leftist lawmakers such as Reps. Pramila Jayapal , the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus , and Rep. Jimmy Gomez . Stephen Moore, the co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, asked the so-called patriotic millionaires if they would like to voluntarily pay more taxes to the federal government.
When Moore presented the leftist millionaires with the option to pledge to pay higher taxes, they refused to do so.Disney said it is “disingenuous” to say that a voluntary tax payment would lead to structural reforms.
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