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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent

Tax our wealth, super-rich tell politicians at Davos

Left to right: Brian Cox as Logan Roy, Abigail Disney and Valerie Rockefeller
Left to right: Brian Cox as Logan Roy, Abigail Disney and Valerie Rockefeller. Photograph: various

More than 250 billionaires and millionaires are demanding that the political elite meeting for the World Economic Forum in Davos introduce wealth taxes to help pay for better public services around the world.

“Our request is simple: we ask you to tax us, the very richest in society,” the wealthy people said in an open letter to world leaders. “This will not fundamentally alter our standard of living, nor deprive our children, nor harm our nations’ economic growth. But it will turn extreme and unproductive private wealth into an investment for our common democratic future.”

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