MADRID, 18 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
More than 250 billionaires and millionaires have signed an open letter titled ‘Proud to Pay More’ in which they urge political leaders who are meeting this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos to tax more those popularly known as the ‘ultra-rich’. ‘ to combat inequality.
«Our request is simple: we ask you to make us, the richest in society, pay more taxes. […] If the elected representatives of the world’s main economies do not take measures to address the dramatic increase in economic inequality, the consequences will continue to be catastrophic for society,” figures such as Abigail Disney, heir to the animation company, defended in the letter. , or Valerie Rockefeller.
In the explanatory statement, the signatories have reasoned that increasing their contribution to the public coffers “will not greatly alter” their quality of life, nor harm their children, nor reduce the economic growth of their nations.
According to them, the effect produced will be the opposite, since “excessive and unproductive” wealth in the form of investments will be put at the service of a “common democratic future.”
In this sense, the letter has assured that the richest are those who currently benefit the most from the ‘status quo’, and have called on politicians to act given that inequality has reached a “tipping point” that threatens, even, the economic, social and ecological stability.
“We all know that the[s promesas de las] ‘trickle-down economics’ They have not been translated into reality. On the contrary, it has given us stagnant salaries, crumbling infrastructure, poor public services and has destabilized the very institution of democracy,” they summarized.
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– 2024-05-12 17:21:34
