83 of the wealthiest people in the world have called on “our governments to increase taxes on people like us” to help finance the economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic, according to The Guardian.
In a letter exchanged with the Uk press, the signatories asked for the rise to take place immediately.’ Essentially. Permanent
“When Covid-19 hits the world, millionaires like us have a critical role to play in rebuilding our world,” reads the letter in part. “Actually, we ‘re not the ones who take care of the sick in intensive care. They don’t operate the ambulances that will take the injured to the hospitals. They are not rebuilding grocery store shelves or delivering food door to door. But we’ve got a lot of money. Money that is desperately needed now and will continue to be needed in the years ahead, as our planet recovers from the crisis.
The letter went on to say that the effects of the pandemic would “last decades” and could “drive half a billion more people into poverty.”
Also on Monday, the United Nations said that the world’s hungry population increased by 10 million last year and cautioned that coronavirus could drive as many as 130 million more people into chronic hunger this year.
The bleak review was included in the latest edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the Region, an annual report published by five U.N. It’s departments.
Preliminary forecasts based on available global economic outlook indicate that the pandemic “may add an additional 83 (million) to 132 million undernourished people in 2020,” the study said.
The letter calls for global governments to tackle global inequality and accept that higher taxes on the wealthy and greater international tax transparency are necessary for a sustainable long-term solution.
“The problems caused by, and exposed by, Covid-19 can not be fixed with kindness, no matter how charitable. Policy officials will take responsibility for collecting the funds that we need and investing them equally, “the letter added. “We owe a tremendous debt to the people who are serving on the front lines of this global war. Many critical employees are grossly underpaid for the responsibility they face.
Signatories include Ben and Jerry’s ice cream co-founder Jerry Greenfield, Disney’s successors Tim and Abigail Disney, British screenwriter and film producer Richard Curtis,
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