A group of 83 millionaires are urging governments across the Globe to tax them more in order to pay for the COVID-19 fallout.
According to reports, 83 millionaires wrote an open letter urging to get taxed more.
Some of those who have signed the letter include British filmmaker Richard Curtis, Disney heirs Abigail and Tim Disney and Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield.
The group that signed the letter called themselves “Millionaires for Humanity.”
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The letter reads: “No, we are not the ones caring for the sick in intensive care wards. We are not driving the ambulances that will bring the ill to hospitals. We are not restocking grocery store shelves or delivering food door to door.
“But we do have money, lots of it.
“Money that is desperately needed now and will continue to be needed in the years ahead, as our world recovers from this crisis.”
The letter notes that charities alone cannot solve the problems brought on by the pandemic, by taxing the rich will.
It continues: “We owe a huge debt to the people working on the frontlines of this global battle. Most essential workers are grossly underpaid for the burden they carry.
“At the vanguard of this fight are our health care workers, 70 percent of whom are women. They confront the deadly virus each day at work, while bearing the majority of responsibility for unpaid work at home.
“The risks these brave people willingly embrace every day in order to care for the rest of us requires us to establish a new, real commitment to each other and to what really matters.”
It concludes: “So please. Tax us. Tax us. Tax us. It is the right choice. It is the only choice.
“Humanity is more important than our money.”
You can read the full letter HERE.
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