Millions of countries around the world are calling on their governments to raise taxes on themselves and other wealthy people to help with responses to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Today, we, the undersigned millionaires, ask our governments to increase taxes on people like us. Immediately. Substantially. Permanently, “the millionaires said, under the name” Millionaires for Humanity, “in an open letter published Monday.
The letter is signed by over 80 people, and most of the signatories are from the US Among them is Abigail Disney, the heir to the Walt Disney Company, who has been an outspoken advocate of a federal wealth tax. of the wealthiest Americans.
The millionaires said the problems “caused and revealed by” the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be solved with charity, “no matter how generous.”
“Government leaders must take responsibility for raising the funds we need and spending them fairly. We can ensure we adequately fund our health, school and security systems through a permanent tax increase for the richest people on the planet, people like us, “they wrote.
“Our interconnection has never been clearer. We must rebalance our world before it is too late. There will be no other opportunity to do this well, “they added.
In their letter, millionaires point out that they do not have to face many of the challenges millions of people around the world face, including the concern of losing jobs or fighting to financially support their families. They also point out that most of the people facing some of these struggles are frontline workers who expose themselves almost daily to the pandemic.
“We are not fighting on the front lines of this emergency and we are much less likely to be its victims,” they wrote. “So please. Tax us Tax us Tax us It’s the right choice. It’s the only option. Humanity is more important than our money.”
The coronavirus has infected more than 12.9 million people and has killed 569,679 people worldwide, according to the latest data collected by Johns Hopkins University.
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