Более 200 миллиардеров подписали откытое письмо к собравшимися в Давосе мировым лидерам с призывом ввести налоги на сверхбогатство.

We are living in an age of extremes. Rising poverty and widening wealth inequality; the rise of anti-democratic nationalism; extreme weather and ecological decline; deep vulnerabilities in our shared social systems; and the shrinking opportunity for billions of ordinary people to earn a livable wage.

The solution is plain for all to see. You, our global representatives, have to tax us, the ultra rich, and you have to start now.

Сан-Франциско хочет дать чернокожим жителям 5 миллионов долларов, прощение долгов и автоматический доход в размере 97 тысяч долларов

A lump sum payment would compensate the affected population for the decades of harms that they have experienced, and will redress the economic and opportunity losses that Black San Franciscans have endured, collectively, as the result of both intentional decisions and unintended harms perpetuated by City policy,

the draft proposal reads.

The proposal also calls for debt forgiveness for black residents, arguing that they are more likely to have outstanding debts that white people.

And if that weren’t enough, the plan also says that low-income black households should be given money to raise their income to the city’s median, which is $97,000.

That’s not all. The proposal also calls for investment in San Francisco’s black community, financial education, legal protections of people’s reparations, tax credits, black-owned banks being brought in to manage people’s money, as well as an official apology from the city of San Francisco:

for past harms, and commit to making substantial ongoing, systemic and programmatic investments in Black communities to address historical harms.