Some of America’s top income earners understand that it’s in their interest to pay more taxes. Our country’s economic stability is at stake and, as Thomas Jefferson understood, the survival of a democracy depends on a strong middle class, which has been so decimated recebtly. Chuck Collins, co-founder (along with Bill Gates Sr.) of Wealth for the Common Good is Burt’s guest on this segment. They’re not giving up on repealing the deficit-worsening Bush tax cut and instituting a new .25% financial speculation tax. It’s in their benefit, too.