More than a hundred millionaires have made an unusual plea to be taxed, as a study backed by wealthy individuals and non-profit organizations showed that a graduated tax on the world's richest individuals could raise $2,52 trillion a year, enough to pay for vaccinations around the world and lift 2.3 billion people out of poverty. [IN AN OPEN LETTER TO THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS, MEETING ONLINE, 102 MILLIONAIRES, INCLUDING WALT DISNEY HEIR ABIGAIL DISNEY, NOTE THAT THE CURRENT TAX SYSTEM IS UNFAIR AND "DELIBERATELY DESIGNED TO MAKE THE RICH RICHER."
"The world - all countries - should demand that the rich pay their fair share." if
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