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100 Billionaires & Millionaires Call for 2% Annual Wealth Tax, Reduce Inequality & Increase Healthcare

29th January 2022 | Hong Kong

A group of over 100 millionaires and billionaires from 9 countries with many from United States & United Kingdom, has called for an annual wealth tax ranging from 2% to 5% on the richest to help reduce extreme inequality and raise revenue for sustained long-term increases in public services like healthcare.   According to new analysis by the Fight Inequality Alliance, Institute for Policy Studies, Oxfam and the Patriotic Millionaires, a wealth tax starting at just 2% annually for millionaires and rising to 5%  annually for billionaires could generate $2.52 trillion a year. This would be enough to lift 2.3 billion people out of poverty, make enough vaccines for the world, deliver universal healthcare and social protection for all the citizens of low- and lower- middle-income countries (3.6 billion people).  Prominent signatories include American film producer and heiress Abigail Disney, Danish-Iranian entrepreneur Djaffar Shalchi, American entrepreneur and venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, and Austrian student and heiress Marlene Engelhorn.  Morris Pearl, former managing director at Blackrock and Chairperson of the Patriotic Millionaires said: “There is no defending a system that endlessly inflates the wealth of the world’s richest people while condemning billions to easily preventable poverty. We need deep, systemic change, and that starts with taxing rich people like me.”  View the letter and list of signatories.

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Official Statement

The World of Billionaires

Over 100 millionaires call for wealth taxes on the richest to raise revenue that could lift billions out of poverty

A group of over 100 millionaires and billionaires from nine countries published today an open letter to government and business leaders, calling for permanent annual wealth taxes on the very richest to help reduce extreme inequality and raise revenue for sustained, long-term increases in public services like healthcare.

These super-rich signatories are joining a growing chorus of voices around the world calling for greater taxation of the richest in light of record COVID-19 wealth gains at the top of society —gains that have seen the ten richest men more than double their fortunes to a staggering $1.5 trillion dollars. The worlds’ 2,660 billionaires now have wealth around the same size as the Chinese economy.

According to new analysis by the Fight Inequality Alliance, Institute for Policy Studies, Oxfam and the Patriotic Millionaires, a wealth tax starting at just 2 percent annually for millionaires and rising to 5 percent annually for billionaires could generate $2.52 trillion a year. This would be enough to:

  • lift 2.3 billion people out of poverty;
  • make enough vaccines for the world and;
  • deliver universal healthcare and social protection for all the citizens of low- and lower- middle-income countries (3.6 billion people).

The letter says that while the world has gone through an immense amount of suffering in the last two years, the richest have seen their wealth rise during the pandemic and very few —if any— are paying their fair share in taxes. The group urges governments to “tax us, the rich, and tax us now.”

The analysis found that globally:

  • 3.6 million people have over $5 million in wealth, with a combined wealth of $75.3 trillion.
  • 183,000 people own $50 million or more, with a combined wealth of $36.4 trillion.
  • 2,660 billionaires have a total combined wealth of $13.76 trillion.

The group published their letter during the World Economic Forum’s weeklong Davos Agenda, during which participants are expected to discuss critical global challenges and solutions. It says unless heads of state and government and CEOs acknowledge the “simple, effective solution staring them in the face —taxing the rich,” people around the world “will continue to see their so-called dedication to fixing the world’s problems as little more than a performance.”

Prominent signatories include American film producer and heiress Abigail Disney, Danish-Iranian entrepreneur Djaffar Shalchi, American entrepreneur and venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, and Austrian student and heiress Marlene Engelhorn.

Morris Pearl, former managing director at Blackrock and chairperson of the Patriotic Millionaires said: “There is no defending a system that endlessly inflates the wealth of the world’s richest people while condemning billions to easily preventable poverty. We need deep, systemic change, and that starts with taxing rich people like me.”

Gemma McGough, British entrepreneur and founder of the Patriotic Millionaires UK said: “A common value most people share is that if something’s not fair then it’s not right. But tax systems the world over have unfairness built-in, so why should people trust them? They are asked to shoulder our shared economic burden again and again, while the richest people watch their wealth, and their comfort, continue to rise. For all our well-being —rich and poor alike— it’s time we right the wrongs of an unequal world. It’s time we tax the rich.”

The letter was circulated by the Patriotic Millionaires in the US and UK, Tax me Now, Oxfam and Millionaires for Humanity, and warns that “history paints a pretty bleak picture of what the endgame of extremely unequal societies looks like”.

 




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