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Taxing the super rich

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varian Sun 22-Jan-23 19:34:35

More than 200 members of the super-rich elite last week called on governments around the world to “tax us, the ultra rich, now” to help address the inequality crisis.

The group of 205 millionaires and billionaires, including the Disney heiress Abigail Disney and The Hulk actor Mark Ruffalo, called on world leaders and business executives meeting in Davos for the World Economic Forum to urgently introduce wealth taxes to help tackle “extreme inequality”.

TerriBull Sun 22-Jan-23 19:44:52

The individuals who have asked that this be done obviously have a conscience, good for them, but what about the corporations, particularly the tech companies, why do they pay so little ?and what can be done about that?