We need taxes for all - also the super-rich.
“Tax the rich” is an official EU petition. The EU Parliament has to deal with it when successful.
7 EU countries must reach the quorum. And in total 1M Votes are needed. Check yours in the chart and share, cross post etc.!
The petition calls for the introduction of a wealth tax on very large fortunes. Sign the petition here
This initiative is a total garbage for two reasons:
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Taxing unrealized gains is immoral and a LOT of people won’t ever sign this petition
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Expect the great exodus of capital from the EU if such proposal ever passes.
Point 2 is always what people fear monger when taxes being raised is brought up.
Gerard Depardieu became russian citizen when France introduced 75% tax on his income
https://www.france24.com/en/20140530-exiled-french-actor-depardieu-pay-just-6-tax-russia
And this is just one high profile example. Im sure there were a lot more like him
That news is 10 years old.
In the meantime, Macron removed the wealth tax.
Did Depardieu come back to France? There are other places to avoid wealth tax in Europe. Depardieu first moved to Belgium, why go all the way to Russia? Seems to be more than just tax reasons. He is also now a citizen of a United Arab Emirates.
Depardieu is a wanker who was practicing tax evasion long before he left.
We don’t need useless piles of garbage like him.
So…Elon musk instead of paying $0 income tax as an American citizen would pay $0 as an expat?
