Millionaires: Raise our taxes to address poverty, fix roads

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ny-millionaires-write-to-governor-in-favor-of-higher-taxes/2016/03/21/f6a95c88-ef53-11e5-a2a3-d4e9697917d1_story.html

More than 40 millionaires, including members of the Rockefeller and Disney families, are asking to have their taxes raised to help address poverty and rebuild failing infrastructure.

The millionaires wrote a letter to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and top New York lawmakers proposing new, higher tax rates for the top 1 percent of earners in the state. The letter, a copy of which was given to The Associated Press, says additional revenue is needed to address child poverty, homelessness and aging bridges, tunnels, water pipes and roads.