Patriotic Millionaire Timeline

By ymadera1

  • Erica Payne circulates a letter to several wealthy friends and associates “calling on Congress and the White House to end the Bush tax breaks

    Erica Payne, founder of the Agenda Project lawyer Guy Saperstein (CA), and former Google engineer David desJardins circulate a letter to several wealthy friends and associates “calling on Congress and the White House to end the Bush tax breaks for people earning more than $1 million.” In 48 hours, the petition is signed by 41 millionaires around the country including: the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, the founder of Ask.com, the founder of Men’s Warehouse, and the founder of the Princeton Review

  • Asking Obama to get rid of Tax Cuts

    Patriotic Millionaires write a letter to President Obamaasking him to get rid of tax cuts for the rich. The letter receives 1,800 signatures in 3 days (including 86 from millionaires around the country) and garners extensive media coverage including ABC News, The Washington Post, and NY Magazine.

  • Launch a Call to Action

    Patriotic Millionaires launch a call to action urging legislators to let the Bush tax cuts expire, and effectively shut down the White House’s switchboards (5,440 news stories including a segment on The O’Reilly Factor, Daily Caller and Roll Call).

  • A second letter to President Obama

    Patriotic Millionaires write a second letter to President Obama, Hon. Harry Reid, and Hon. John Boehner asking them to raise taxes on all millionaires in America and gain significant media attention in phase two of the campaign including: ABC News, MSNBC, CBS Sunday Morning, The O’Reilly Factor, CBS Radio, Salon.com, and The National Journal.

  • Senator Orrin Hatch mocks the Patriotic Millionaires

    Senator Orrin Hatch (R- UT) mocks the Patriotic Millionaires for advocating higher taxes: “Well, as the Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee, I feel obligated to inform Mr. Plouffe that the President, and all of those rich liberal Democrats who are eager to pay higher taxes, can do just that. They can write a check to the IRS and make an extra payment on their tax returns to pay down the federal debt. The option is right there at the bottom of their tax return.

  • Response to Senator Hatch's Comments

    Patriotic Millionaires respond to Senator Hatch’s comments on the Senate floor: “A few of us voluntarily writing a check to the IRS will not fix the problem that Sen. Hatch and his colleagues created for our country with their fiscal irresponsibility. It will take the work of all Patriotic Americans to create a strong foundation for our continued prosperity. We are willing to do our part by paying higher taxes. It is clear Senator Hatch and many of his colleagues are not willing to do theirs

  • Senator Hatch writes a letter to the Patriotic Millionaires

    Senator Hatch writes a letter to the Patriotic Millionaires asserting that they can make voluntary contributions to the IRS if they choose to do so.

  • Response to Senator Hatch's Letter

    Patriotic Millionaires send a dignified response to Senator Hatch’s letter, reminding him that living in a democracy means “you don’t get to opt out.”

  • A Video to President Obama demanding to tax them moree

    Patriotic Millionaires release a video demanding President Obama and Congress tax them more (50,961 YouTube hits).

  • Press Teleconference Demanding a Raise in Taxes on the Wealthy

    Patriotic Millionaires hold a press teleconference demanding that Rep. Boehner “put revenue on the table” by increasing taxes on Americans making over $1 million in annual income.

  • Send a video message to Rep. Boehner

    Patriotic Millionaires send a video message (270,000+ Youtube hits) to Rep. Boehner and members of Congress demanding higher taxes on wealthy Americans on the 10th anniversary of the Bush tax cuts. Featured in: Huffington Post (115,000 Facebook ‘likes’ and +10,000 comments).

  • Send a whitepaper to Rep. Boehner

    Patriotic Millionaires send a white paper to Rep. Boehner, Sen. Mitch McConnell, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.

  • Challenging the motivations of millionaires

    Patriotic Millionaires release a video challenging the motivations of millionaires in the House and Senate who refuse to raise taxes on themselves (14,485 Youtube hits).

  • Circulate 9 state-based videos

    Patriotic Millionaires circulate 9 state-based videos blasting millionaire politicians for their opposition to the Buffett Rule (24,967 YouTube hits).

  • Storm Washington, D.C

    atriotic Millionaires <a href='https://www.dropbox.com/s/z72i09ss5kg6gj8/PMs%20Storm%20 demanding that Congressional leaders “kill any Super Committee bill” that does not include increased taxes for millionaires. Patriotic Millionaires garner 1.4 million media impressions including coverage in: CNN (Headline News, 55,000 Facebook ‘likes’) PBS News Hour, CBS News, ABC, National Journal, Reuters, Boston Globe, Think Progress, LA Times, Business Week, and Huffington Post (115,000 Facebook ‘likes’).

  • Challenge the U.S Chamber of Commerce

    Patriotic Millionaires challenge the U.S. Chamber of Commerce before Chamber President Tom Donohue’s State of American Business Address.

  • Slam Billionaire Funder Ken Griffin

    Patriotic Millionaires slam billionaire funder Ken Griffin for claiming that America’s wealthy have an “insufficient influence” over politics.

  • Slaming Senate Republicans and Senator Mark Pryor

    Patriotic Millionaires slam Senate Republicans and Senator Mark Pyror (D-AR) for stopping the Buffett Rule from coming to the Senate floor for a vote.

  • Vice President Biden invites the Patriotic Millionaires to attend his press conference

    Vice President Biden invites the Patriotic Millionaires to attend his press conference on tax policy at the White House. Patriotic Millionaires <a href='https://www.dropbox.com/s/w6uso8d0ndv7ceand House Republicans for their "ridiculous" decision to prevent the Buffett Rule from coming to a vote, speak at rallies across the country (LA/ Sacramento, CA; Phoenix, Arizona; Syracuse, NY), and participate in a Stop Grover rally in D.C. to blast lawmakers for their blind allegiance to Grover Norquist

  • A 24-week 'Countdown to Sequastration

    Patriotic Millionaires develop a 24-week ‘COUNTDOWN TO SEQUESTRATION: Pre-Election/Post-Election Strategy on the Budget, Taxes and the National Debt’ call series with experts to develop a robust understanding of the key tax and budget issues that will be the target of the end of year budget negotiations (specifically, sequestration, the second expiration of the Bush tax cuts and the debt ceiling battle).

  • Hosting Private Call

    Patriotic Millionaires host a private call with Simon Johnson (former Chief Economist of the IMF) to discuss the failures of Too Big to Fail Banks in light of JPMorgan’s recent losses and the mounting public pressure on Jamie Dimon to resign from NY Fed.

  • Hosting Private Call

    Patriotic Millionaires host a private call with Damon Silvers (Associate General Counsel for the AFL-CIO and former Deputy Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for TARP) to lay down the framework for a progressive tax policy to raise enough revenue to sustain our modern government and promote long-term fiscal balance which will be the focal point of the nation’s priorities at the end of the year.

  • Hosting Private Call

    Patriotic Millionaires host a private call with Erskine Bowles (President Clinton’s former Chief of Staff and President Obama’s choice for Co-Chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform) to discuss the Simpson-Bowles budget/tax plan which is widely considered the ‘compromise’ plan most likely to be the baseline for negotiations during the lame duck session.

  • Demand MItt Romney release his tax returns

    atriotic Millionaires demand Mitt Romney P release his tax returns and publicly ask: “What is He Hiding?”

  • Praise to the Senate for voting to expire Bush tax cut

    Patriotic Millionaires praise the Senate for voting in favor of a bill that would let the Bush tax cuts expire for people making $250,000 a year or more (the top 2% of income earners), while extending the Bush tax cuts on the remaining 98% of income earners in 2013.

  • Patriotic Blast to Republican House

    Patriotic Millionaires blast the Republican-controlled house for refusing to let their tax cuts expire.

  • Hosting Private Call

    Patriotic Millionaires host a private call with Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky IL- D (Chief Deputy Whip and a member of Obama's 18-member National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform) to discuss the Schakowsky Deficit Reduction Plan. The Deal for All is in staunch opposition to the Bowles-Simpson budget plan and argues that any deal on taxes and spending must be a balanced proposal that does not shift the burden of deficit reduction to the middle-class and those who aspire to it.

  • Hosting Private Call

    Patriotic Millionaires host a private call with Professor and Economic Expert Jacob Hacker (Director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science at Yale University) to discuss his economic blueprint, “Prosperity Economics: Building an Economy for All,” which sets forth a plan to broadly spread economic growth and security for Americans.

  • Private Call Hosting

    Patriotic Millionaires host a private call to discuss the President’s budget and tax plan with Robert Gordon (Executive Associate Director of The White House Office of Management and Budget) and Jon Carson (Director of the Office of Public Engagement).

  • A Stern Rebuke

    Patriotic Millionaires offer a stern rebuke of Mitt Romney’s disdain for 47% of the American population, as he expressed at a $50k-per-person fundraiser earlier this year.

  • Hosting Private Call

    Patriotic Millionaires host a private call with Nancy Altman and Eric Kingson to discuss Social Security and the proposed cuts that are being considered as a part of the Sequester.

  • Hosting Private Call

    Patriotic Millionaires host a private call with the office of Speaker John Boehner. On the call Cindy Herrle, Assistant to Speaker John Boehner for Policy, laid out the Speaker’s plan for the budget process during the lame duck session and into the next legislative session.