They wish to contribute to the recovery after the crisis generated by the coronavirus pandemic. A group of 83 millionaires on Monday called for more tax on the world's wealthiest "immediately" and "permanently".
"As Covid-19 hits the world, millionaires like us have an essential role to play in healing the world," ask signatories of an open letter, including co-founder of American ice cream giant Ben & Jerry's, Jerry. Greenfield, or British director Richard Curtis.
"Increase taxes for people like us"
The letter, published before the meeting of G20 finance ministers and this week's extraordinary European summit to revive the EU, calls on "governments to raise taxes for people like us." Immediately, substantially and permanently ”.
"We have money, a lot. We absolutely need money now and we will continue to need it in the years to come "to recover from the crisis, the impact of which" will last for decades "and could" push half a billion people in poverty, ”writes this group, which calls itself Millionaires for Humanity, on an eponymous website.
“The problems caused and revealed by the Covid-19 cannot be solved by charity, however generous. Heads of government must take responsibility for raising the funds we need and spending them equitably "to adequately fund our health systems, schools and security through a permanent increase in taxes on the wealthiest in the world, people like us. "
Historical recession
The new coronavirus pandemic has led to a historic recession around the world, prompting governments to spend billions on aid to households and businesses hit hard by the economic paralysis resulting from containment.
For years, billionaires like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates have been asking for more tax. A year ago, a small group of American billionaires including businessman George Soros, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, and heirs of the Hyatt and Disney empires, among others, also published a letter to support the idea of a wealth tax.
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