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‘Morally, nobody’s against it’: Brazil’s radical plan to tax global super-rich to tackle climate crisis
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2024
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There are 2360 dollar billionaires in the world and 211,275 people with a net worth of over 30 million dollars. The 100 super-rich families are way to few.
Other then that we could do something like CBAM. Every country without a wealth tax has to pay extra tarrifs, for all goods and products sold to countries that are members. Get the US, EU or China on board with that and we will say a lot more taxes. Tax heavens can be bullied.
They can also be taken over and all the assets seized. Ending the global money laundry would to a long way towards normalising politics.