UFE in the News

UFE's partners in estate tax advocacy, Robert Rubin and Julian Robertson, urge Wall Street Journal readers to demand that Congress brings back the estate tax.

Abigail Disney, filmmaker, philanthropist and friend of UFE, shares the story of how government and taxation made her family's good fortune possible in USA Today.

Responsible Wealth Director Mike Lapham talks taxes, wealth and philanthropy with Robin Young on NPR's "Here & Now."

Heiress, filmmaker and philanthropist, Abigail Disney–also a UFE Estate Tax Teleconference speaker–lambastes NY Gov. David Paterson's new tax law that places limits on charitable deductions for high earners.

Conservative TV personality Glenn Beck schedules "Restoring Honor" book launch at Washington Monument on anniversary of '63 march led by MLK, Jr.  State of the Dream 2010 co-author Dedrick Muhammad denounces Beck as ignorant, says it's not too late to restore his own honor.

Jim Amaral, owner of Maine's Borealis Breads, slams conservatives' misappropriation of small businesspeople as poster puppets against the estate tax. He tells us why they're dead wrong.

A Yahoo! shareholder activist outlines the various proposals and debates at this year's shareholder meeting. Included is commentary on Responsible Wealth's resolution to give shareholders "Say on Pay," which [unfortunately] failed to pass.

As several ultra-wealthy Americans have passed on this year, the whirlwind of arguments both for and against the estate tax has grown in magnitude. Uncertainty over the tax, according to an estate planning lawyer, has many people "in a holding pattern." But, the greater concern is lost revenue and a tightening vice on the federal budget.

Heiress and estate tax advocate, Abigail Disney, is quoted in The Boston Globe, stating that her family's success was the direct result not only of hard work and innovation, but also of public investments.

Ten places where you might be nickeled or dimed by your state government. Plus, TFOC Director Karen Kraut blasts away at cowardly politicians who allow it to happen.