mike lapham, tell us what you've been up to and why you're with us today. >> i'm the responsible wealth project manager for united for a fair economy, and that's faireconomy.org, if you want to look it up online. but what i do is organize wealthy individuals, business people, inheritors, investors, who are in the top 5% who sort have been used as the poster children for tax cuts. we get them to say to get into the halls of congress, where greed is represented and to give a different voice to say we need higher taxes on folks like us. we also try to get their voices into the media and into corporate boardrooms on corporate accountability. and i would say we were just over at the white house and some of our folks were talking with president obama, who just gave a speech on why we should have the buffett rule, and i would venture that i might be the only person here who's going to advocate repealing all of the bush tax cuts. so we can come back to that later. >> we'll have a wrestling match on that issue. some of your folks that you've gotten to speak up for raising their taxes include --

mike lapham, what have you been up to? >> i am the responsible well project director at united for a fairy economy. faireconomy.org if you want to look it up online. i manage the top 5% who have been used as the poster children for tax cuts. we get them to get into the congress where the voice of greed is well representative in to give a voice. to say, we need higher taxes on folks like us. we also tried to get their voices into the media and corporate boardrooms on corporate accountability. i would say, we were just at the white house and some of our folks were talking with president obama, who just gave a speech on why we should have the buffett rule. i would venture that i might be the only person who could advocate repealing all of the bush tax cuts. we can come back to that. >> we will have a wrestling match. [laughter] some of the folks you have gotten to speak up for raising their taxes include? >> well, bill gates senior. his son founded microsoft or something like that. he has been a big advocate for the state tax

mike lapham tell us what you have been up to and why you're with us again. >> i am the responsible ofct director at united for a fair economy and that is fair economy.org if you want to look it up on line. but what i do is organize wealthy individual business people and inheritors, investors who are in the top 5% who are in view that the poster children for tax cuts and we get them to say you know, to get into the halls of congress where they are very well represented in to get a different voice to say, we need higher taxes on folks like us. we also tried to get the voices into the media median and into corporate boardrooms for corporate accountability. i would say, we are actually just over the white house and some of our folks were talking with president obama who just gave a speech on why we should have the buffet rule. and i would venture that it might be the only person here who advocate repealing all of the bush tax cuts so we can come back to that. >> we will have a wrestling match on that issue. [laughter] some of your folks that you have gotten to speak up for raising their t

mike lapham, what have you been up to? >> i am the responsible well -- wealth project director at united for a fairy economy. -- fair economy. faireconomy.org if you want to look it up online. i manage the top 5% who have been used as the poster children for tax cuts. we get them to get into the congress where the voice of greed is well representative in to give a voice. to say, we need higher taxes on folks like us. we also tried to get their voices into the media and corporate boardrooms on corporate accountability. i would say, we were just at the white house and some of our folks were talking with president obama, who just gave a speech on why we should have the buffett rule. i would venture that i might be the only person who could advocate repealing all of the bush tax cuts. we can come back to that. >> we will have a wrestling match. [laughter] some of the folks you have gotten to speak up for raising their taxes include? >> well, bill gates senior. his son founded microsoft or something like that. he has been a big

>>dean baker, mike lapham, >> we are not investing as a country. the 02 fair economy.org/open letter. it covers these topics. >> the ultimate entrepreneur all excess. rebecca. >> rohrabacher -- of the preferential rates from capital gains. that has contributed to any quality in the last 15 years. we have to get rates equalized on that income. >> our friend bob mcintyre -- >> just google citizens for tax justice. i must have said what ever you are thinking. [laughter] >> we have had a terrific panel. we have covered more turf today, more important tariff then all sessions of congress. i want to leave you with a quote from 111 years ago --"the people have been promised equal unjust taxation for years and have borne repeated disappointments and delays in the fulfilment of those promises with great fortitude but their patience is not limit less." thank you so much for joining us. >> let's hear it for the green team. [applause] >> i just want to thank everyone for coming out and i want to direct your attention to the back of your program. this as an eve

>>dean baker, mike lapham, >> we are not investing as a country. the 02 fair economy.org/open letter. >> rohrabacher -- >> i think you have to get rid of the preferential rates. from capital gains. that has contributed to any quality in the last 15 years. we have to get rates equalized on that income. >> our friend bob mcintyre -- >> just google citizens for tax justice. i must have said what ever you are thinking. [laughter] >> we have had a terrific panel. we have covered more turf today, more important tariff then all sessions of congress. i want to leave you with a quote from 111 years ago --"the people have been promised equal unjust taxation for years and have borne repeated disappointments and delays in the fulfilment of those promises with great fortitude but their patience is not limit less." thank you so much for joining us. >> let's hear it for the green team. [applause] >> i just want to thank everyone for coming out and i want to direct your attention to the back of your program. this as an event sponsored by her sister organization, a