Millionaires Lobby Working-Class Voters for Rich Taxation
Patriotic Millionaires, a group of millionaires who want to pay higher taxes and raise the minimum wage, are lobbying working-class voters to push Congress to make changes. The group has been unsuccessful in lobbying Congress for over a decade and is now turning to the people who hand them their power. The group is holding meetings in swing states like Whiteville, N.C., where the minimum wage is still $7.25 an hour, and is expanding its push to attract more people to the cause. The meetings aim to show the larger forces at work that drive inequality and to pull back the curtain on the frustration many Americans are feeling.