{"id":203631,"date":"2022-01-24T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=203631"},"modified":"2022-01-23T06:18:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T06:18:17","slug":"for-the-attention-of-davos-world-economic-forum-attendees-in-tax-we-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/for-the-attention-of-davos-world-economic-forum-attendees-in-tax-we-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"For the Attention of Davos’ World Economic Forum Attendees: In Tax We Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"

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19 Jan 2022 – 100+ Ultra-Rich Individuals Warn Fellow Elites: \u2018It\u2019s Taxes or Pitchforks\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To our fellow millionaires and billionaires,<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re participating in\u00a0 the World Economic Forum\u2019s \u2018online Davos\u2019 this January , you\u2019re going to be joining an exclusive group of people looking for an answer to the question behind this year\u2019s theme, \u2018how do we work together and restore trust?\u2019<\/p>\n

You\u2019re not going to find the answer in a private forum, surrounded by other millionaires and billionaires and the world\u2019s most powerful people. If you\u2019re paying attention, you\u2019ll find that you\u2019re part of the problem.<\/p>\n

Trust – in politics, in society, in one another – is not built in tiny side rooms only accessible by the very richest and most powerful. It\u2019s not built by billionaire space travelers who make a fortune out of a pandemic but pay almost nothing in taxes and provide poor wages for their workers. Trust is built through accountability, through well-oiled, fair, and open democracies that provide good services and support all their citizens.<\/p>\n

And the bedrock of a strong democracy is a fair tax system. A fair<\/em> tax system.<\/p>\n

As millionaires, we know that the current tax system is not fair. Most of us can say that, while the world has gone through an immense amount of suffering in the last two years, we have actually seen our wealth rise during the pandemic – yet few if any of us can honestly say that we pay our fair share in taxes.<\/p>\n

This injustice baked into the foundation of the international tax system has created a colossal lack of trust between the people of the world and the elites who are the architects of this system. Bridging that divide is going to take more than billionaire vanity projects or piecemeal philanthropic gestures – it\u2019s going to take a complete overhaul of a system that up until now has been deliberately designed to make the rich richer.<\/p>\n

To put it simply, restoring trust requires taxing the rich. The world – every country in it – must demand the rich pay their fair share. Tax us, the rich, and tax us now.<\/p>\n

The truth is that \u2018Davos\u2019 doesn\u2019t deserve the world\u2019s trust right now. For all the countless hours spent talking about making the world a better place, the conference has produced little tangible value amidst a torrent of self-congratulations. Until participants acknowledge the simple, effective solution staring them in the face – taxing the rich – the people of the world will continue to see their so-called dedication to fixing the world’s problems as little more than a performance.<\/p>\n

History paints a pretty bleak picture of what the endgame of extremely unequal societies looks like. For all our well-being – rich and poor alike – it\u2019s time to confront inequality and choose to tax the rich. Show the people of the world that you deserve their trust.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t, then all the private talks won\u2019t change what\u2019s coming – it\u2019s taxes or pitchforks. Let\u2019s listen to history and choose wisely.<\/p>\n

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The Signers:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

David Altschul (United States)
\nCynda Collins Arsenault (United States)
\nJonathan Bloch (United Kingdom)
\nJacqueline Boberg (United States)
\nRich Boberg (United States)
\nHelene B\u00f6hmer (Germany)
\nMargit Boronkay (Canada)
\nMichael Brandow (United States)
\nDana Bronfman (United States)
\nStefanie Bremer (Germany)
\nRobert Burnett (United States)
\nRasmus Busk (Denmark)
\nRonald D. Carter (United States)
\nChuck Collins (United States)
\nWilliam Collins (United States)
\nStella Cecil (United Kingdom)
\nTony Crabb (United States)
\nThomas Curan (United States)
\nAlan Davis (United States)
\nJulia Davies (United Kingdom)
\nAbigail Disney (United States)
\nTim Disney (United States)
\nJohn Driscoll (United States)
\nKaren Edwards (United States)
\nPatricia Foschi (United States)
\nMarlene Engelhorn (Austria)
\nRick Feldman (United States)
\nStewart Frisby (United Kingdom)
\nErnest Fuhrmann (Austria)
\nEllyn Gelson (United States)
\nNicolette Beck Getty (United States)
\nRon Guillot (United States)
\nNick Hanauer (United States)
\nSimon Hermann (Germany)
\nGraham Hobson (United Kingdom)
\nGerd Hofielen (Germany)
\nPierre Hollis (United States)
\nWillem van Hoorn (United Kingdom)
\nKimberly Hoover (United States)
\nJames Iacino (United States)
\nDiane Isenberg (United Kingdom)
\nKristina Johansson (United Kingdom)
\nMartijn Kaag (Netherlands)
\nJean Kaplan (United States)
\nRochelle Kaplan (United States)
\nPaul Kirincic (United States)
\nDavid Lee (United States)
\nPeter Leest (Netherlands)
\nLily Lewis (United Kingdom)
\nKristin Luck (United States)
\nDick Mader (United States)
\nLouisa Mann (United Kingdom)
\nAne Maro (Denmark)
\nNick Marple (United Kingdom)
\nPatricia Martone (United States)
\nThomas McDougal (United States)
\nGemma McGough (United Kingdom)
\nMary McKellar (United States)
\nMaarten Meijnen (Netherlands)
\nAllan Moelholm (Germany)
\nLorraine Montez (United States)
\nKarl Munthe-Kaas (Norway)
\nGiorgiana Notarbartolo di Villarosa (United Kingdom)
\nDavid Nixon (United States)
\nJohn O\u2019Farrell (United States)
\nKen Olum (United States)
\nGary Passon (United States)
\nFrank Patitucci (United States)
\nMorris Pearl (United States)
\nMichael Pine (United States)
\nErica Pinsky (Canada)
\nDrew Pomerance (United States)
\nStephen Prince (United States)
\nNick Razey (United Kingdom)
\nPaul Rosenstiel (United States)
\nBonnie Rothman (United States)
\nJonathan Ruga (United States)
\nJohannes Ruzicka (Germany)
\nEric Schoenberg (United States)
\nAntonis Schwarz (Germany)
\nStephan Segal (United States)
\nDjaffar Shalchi (Iran\/Denmark)
\nLinda Shoemaker (United States)
\nJoel Solomon (Canada)
\nDaniel Simon (United States)
\nCharles Simmons (United States)
\nMark Simpson (United Kingdom)
\nAkshay Singal (United Kingdom)
\nGary Stevenson (United Kingdom)
\nKaren Stewart (United States)
\nArthur Strauss (United States)
\nRalph Suikat (Germany)
\nRitchie Tabachnick (United States)
\nLeonie Taylor (United Kingdom)
\nMike Tomson (United Kingdom)
\nClaire Trottier (Canada)
\nSylvie Trottier (Canada)
\nDale Walker (United States)
\nIrmingard Weise (Germany)
\nPhil White (United Kingdom)
\nDoyle Wiseman (United States)
\nBennet Yee (United States)<\/p>\n

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