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 <title>Ten Super-Wealthy Anti-Estate Tax Families Listed on Forbes 400</title>
 <link>http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/ten_super_wealthy_anti_estate_tax_families_listed_on_forbes_400</link>
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			FOR IMMEDATE RELEASE&lt;br /&gt;
			September 27, 2006
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			Contact: Bob Keener&lt;br /&gt;
			(617) 423-2148 x120&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/ten_super_wealthy_anti_estate_tax_families_listed_on_forbes_400&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/education_tags/ceo_pay">CEO Pay</category>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/corporate_accountability">Corporate Accountability</category>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/estate_tax">Estate Tax</category>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/education_tags/growing_divide">Growing divide</category>
 <pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">167 at http://www.faireconomy.org</guid>
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 <title>An International Debate on the Estate Tax</title>
 <link>http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/an_international_debate_on_the_estate_tax</link>
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&lt;img src=&quot;https://faireconomy.org/images/analysis_66.gif&quot; /&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://faireconomy.org/press/2006/Morris%20Inheritance%20Tax.mp3&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://faireconomy.org/images/button_audio.jpg&quot; align=&quot;top&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/an_international_debate_on_the_estate_tax&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/estate_tax">Estate Tax</category>
 <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">310 at http://www.faireconomy.org</guid>
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 <title>Executive Excess Report: Oil and Defense CEOs Pocket the Spoils</title>
 <link>http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/executive_excess_report_oil_and_defense_ceos_pocket_the_spoils</link>
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			&lt;h5 style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0pt&quot;&gt;United for a Fair Economy&lt;/h5&gt;
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			&lt;h5 style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0pt&quot;&gt;Institute for Policy Studies &lt;/h5&gt;
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			Press Release&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/executive_excess_report_oil_and_defense_ceos_pocket_the_spoils&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/education_tags/ceo_pay">CEO Pay</category>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">341 at http://www.faireconomy.org</guid>
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 <title>SEIU: Hidden Costs of Estate Tax Repeal Would Harm Members</title>
 <link>http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/seiu_hidden_costs_of_estate_tax_repeal_would_harm_members</link>
 <description>&lt;span class=&quot;style1&quot;&gt;New Report:  &amp;quot;Death Tax&amp;quot; is False Advertising&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Report Reveals Only 91 Louisiana Estates Paid Estate Tax--SEIU Finds Hidden Costs of Repeal Would Harm Members, Working Families&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/seiu_hidden_costs_of_estate_tax_repeal_would_harm_members&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/estate_tax">Estate Tax</category>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/education_tags/growing_divide">Growing divide</category>
 <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">311 at http://www.faireconomy.org</guid>
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 <title>Emergency Campaign for America&#039;s Priorities</title>
 <link>http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/emergency_campaign_for_americas_priorities</link>
 <description>Emergency Campaign for America&#039;s Priorities&lt;br /&gt;
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For Immediate Release:                                                                          Contact: Barbara Flye&lt;br /&gt;
July 3, 2006
Phone:
206-972-9763 &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Media Alert&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/emergency_campaign_for_americas_priorities&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/estate_tax">Estate Tax</category>
 <pubDate>Mon,  3 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">221 at http://www.faireconomy.org</guid>
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 <title>Senate Will Try to Kill Estate Tax Tomorrow</title>
 <link>http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/senate_will_try_to_kill_estate_tax_tomorrow</link>
 <description>Press Release from United for a Fair Economy&lt;br /&gt;
For immediate release-June 7, 2006&lt;br /&gt;
Contact:  Christina Kasica, 617-423-2148 ext 119 or 617-966-0554&lt;br /&gt;
Chuck Collins:  617-308-4433&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/senate_will_try_to_kill_estate_tax_tomorrow&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/estate_tax">Estate Tax</category>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/poverty">Poverty</category>
 <pubDate>Thu,  8 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">222 at http://www.faireconomy.org</guid>
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 <title>Wal-Mart Shareholders Urge Exposure of Allocation by Race &amp; Gender</title>
 <link>http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/wal_mart_shareholders_urge_exposure_of_allocation_by_race_gender</link>
 <description>&lt;h3&gt;Inequity in Equities?&lt;br /&gt;
Wal-Mart Shareholders Urge Exposure of Allocation by Race &amp;amp; Gender&lt;/h3&gt;
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Which
Wal-Mart employees get stock options? At the Wal-Mart annual Meeting on
June 2 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, shareholder Dr. Martha Burk will ask
this question.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/wal_mart_shareholders_urge_exposure_of_allocation_by_race_gender&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/corporate_accountability">Corporate Accountability</category>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/racial_justice">Racial justice</category>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/shareholder_actions">Shareholder actions</category>
 <pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">223 at http://www.faireconomy.org</guid>
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 <title>Wells Fargo Shareholders: “Face Up to Race Gap”</title>
 <link>http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/wells_fargo_shareholders_face_up_to_race_gap</link>
 <description>&lt;h3 style=&quot;margin-top: 0pt&quot;&gt;Wells Fargo Shareholders:  “Face Up to Race Gap”&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Borrowers Team Up With Shareholders at Annual Meeting&lt;/h4&gt;
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Seventeen Wells Fargo shareholders, who are also Responsible Wealth
members, have given up their proxies so that customers can present
their complaints about overpriced loans to the Board, management and
shareholders at the annual meeting on April 25 in San Francisco. 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/wells_fargo_shareholders_face_up_to_race_gap&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/corporate_accountability">Corporate Accountability</category>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/predatory_lending">Predatory Lending</category>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/racial_justice">Racial justice</category>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/shareholder_actions">Shareholder actions</category>
 <pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">312 at http://www.faireconomy.org</guid>
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 <title>Report: Stealth Campaign of Super-Wealthy to Repeal Fed Estate Tax</title>
 <link>http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/report_stealth_campaign_of_superwealthy_to_repeal_fed_estate_tax</link>
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			&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small&quot;&gt;For Immediate Release:&lt;br /&gt;
			April 25, 2006&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
			&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small&quot;&gt;Contact: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
			&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; width=&quot;45%&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small&quot;&gt;Taylor Lincoln (202) 454-5197&lt;br /&gt;
			Robert Yule (202) 588-7703&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/report_stealth_campaign_of_superwealthy_to_repeal_fed_estate_tax&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/estate_tax">Estate Tax</category>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/wealth">Wealth</category>
 <pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">342 at http://www.faireconomy.org</guid>
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 <title>&quot;Paris Hilton&quot; Spoof TV Ad Wins Boston Globe Award</title>
 <link>http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/paris_hilton_spoof_tv_ad_wins_boston_globe_award</link>
 <description>Press Release from United for a Fair Economy&lt;br /&gt;
For immediate release-January 24, 2006&lt;br /&gt;
Contact:	Christina Kasica, 617-423-2148, ext. 119 (cell phone 617-966-0554)
&lt;h3&gt;&amp;quot;Paris Hilton&amp;quot; Spoof TV Ad Wins &lt;i&gt;Boston Globe&lt;/i&gt; Award&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h5&gt;&lt;i&gt;Heiress &amp;quot;London&amp;quot; Thanks Republicans&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/paris_hilton_spoof_tv_ad_wins_boston_globe_award&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/corporate_accountability">Corporate Accountability</category>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/estate_tax">Estate Tax</category>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/wealth">Wealth</category>
 <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">224 at http://www.faireconomy.org</guid>
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 <title>2006 Estate Tax to Affect Fraction of 1% of All Estates, New Low</title>
 <link>http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/2006_estate_tax_to_affect_fraction_of_1_of_all_estates_new_low</link>
 <description>Press Release&lt;br /&gt;
For immediate release—January 19, 2006&lt;br /&gt;
Contact:	Christina Kasica, 617-423-2148, ext. 119 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/2006_estate_tax_to_affect_fraction_of_1_of_all_estates_new_low&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/estate_tax">Estate Tax</category>
 <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:42:09 -0800</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">367 at http://www.faireconomy.org</guid>
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 <title>Report: No Correlation Between Bush Tax Cuts and Job Creation</title>
 <link>http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/report_no_correlation_between_bush_tax_cuts_and_job_creation</link>
 <description>Press Release—for immediate release—January 11, 2006&lt;br /&gt;
Contact:	Christina Kasica, 617-423-2148, ext. 119 &lt;br /&gt;
(cell phone 617-966-0554)
&lt;h3 style=&quot;margin-bottom: 12px&quot;&gt;&lt;center&gt;No Correlation Between Bush Tax Cuts and&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/report_no_correlation_between_bush_tax_cuts_and_job_creation&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/fair_tax">Fair tax</category>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/government">Government Accountability</category>
 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">340 at http://www.faireconomy.org</guid>
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 <title>Report: People of color less able to escape hurricanes &amp; poverty</title>
 <link>http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/report_people_of_color_less_able_to_escape_hurricanes_amp_poverty</link>
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Press Release — January 10, 2006&lt;br /&gt;
Contact: Betsy Leondar-Wright, (617) 423-2148 x113
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faireconomy.org/press_room/2006/report_people_of_color_less_able_to_escape_hurricanes_amp_poverty&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/racial_justice">Racial justice</category>
 <category domain="http://www.faireconomy.org/tags/racial_wealth_divide">Racial Wealth Divide</category>
 <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">343 at http://www.faireconomy.org</guid>
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