{"id":1503,"date":"2019-07-03T15:21:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T22:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyenterpriseusa.com\/feusa\/from-the-president-6-17\/"},"modified":"2019-07-03T15:21:27","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T22:21:27","slug":"from-the-president-6-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyenterpriseusa.com\/estate-taxes\/from-the-president-6-17\/","title":{"rendered":"From the President 6\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc-row-wrapper \">\n<div class=\"wpb_row row\">\n<div class=\"twelve columns vc-column-extra-class-5d1d288cbf6b0\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div>It has become abundantly clear that general public sentiment about the wealthy has been degrading over the last few years.\u00a0A day hardly passes without headlines about wealth inequality, income disparities, and calls from politicians to have the wealthy \u201cpay their fair share.\u201d\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>We knew we needed to understand this animus and the underlying motivations to combat the often-wrong perceptions and attitudes surrounding the wealthy.\u00a0Toward that end, PATG members stepped up to fund a Frank Luntz project, \u201cThe War on the Successful.\u201d\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The report is finally here, and unfortunately, it\u2019s what we expected.\u00a0The general public is unhappy with capitalism, likes socialism, thinks the system is rigged for the wealthy and wants to see the rich taxed more!\u00a0Now that we\u2019ve identified the touchstones on this issue, we\u2019ll work with key stakeholders and influencers to try and change the discussion in a positive way.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a 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class=\"il\">Mike<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dfd-row-bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/policyandtaxationgroup.com\/in-the-news\/from-the-president\/from-the-president-6-17\/\" target=\"_blank\">From the President 6\/17<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/policyandtaxationgroup.com\" target=\"_blank\">Policy and Taxation Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has become abundantly clear that general public sentiment about the wealthy has been degrading over the last few years.\u00a0A day hardly passes without headlines about wealth inequality, income disparities, and calls from politicians to have the wealthy \u201cpay their fair share.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 We knew we needed to understand this animus and the underlying motivations 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