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By Martin Wolk, editor of the msnbc.com business

While the Republicans are commercial showed in Washington on an agreement which preserve cuts taxes for even the very wealthy Americans, not every nation millionaire and billionaires are cheering.

Certainly many top employees range on Wall Street and elsewhere quietly celebrate the promised extension of the income of Bush-era with a planned reduction of estate taxes at levels of pre-Bush tax cuts. Greenwich and Palo Alto there could even be a few extra balls under the Christmas tree this year.

But there are also more than a few outliers - millionaire who are saying: indeed, "tax me!"

A new group called millionaire patriotic for financial strength has published a list of hundreds of high employees who say they want to see rich tax cuts expire as regular December 31.

"My opinion is that in difficult times, it is important for Americans to come together and unite on the idea that medical care should be a right of citizenship, said Eric Schoenberg, identified as a"private investor"also teaches at Columbia Business School." We're only just for those of us who have benefited from most of this system to help the most. ?

Certainly it is not completely incredible millionaires for some gradually firmly in favour of an increase in taxes. Bill Gates Sr., father of Microsoft Corp., founder and President, long defended an increase of estate taxes. This year he also supported an effort failed to impose a State tax on employees in Washington State.

And billionaire founder of CNN Ted Turner said Wednesday that he was not happy with the plan to extend tax cuts.

But speaking "Morning Joe msnbc", he said that he does not pay much taxes more because he gave away if a large part of his fortune.

"I am one of the rare examples of a rich person who gave himself almost to the edge of poverty", he said. "I have a little left million.

Turner could have been talking with a bit of hyperbole. Forbes magazine still Turner ranks among 400 richest people of the nation with its 2 million acres of land and a net worth of $ 1.9 billion, down $ 6.2 billion there is ten years.

Founder Ted Turner CNN tells it in his last few million morning Joe, just enough for her children do not have to worry about his funeral expenses.

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