Abigail Disney, Brian Cox and Valerie Rockefeller among signatories of open letter condemning inequality

More than 250 billionaires and millionaires are demanding that the political elite meeting for the World Economic Forum in Davos introduce wealth taxes to help pay for better public services around the world.

“Our request is simple: we ask you to tax us, the very richest in society,” the wealthy people said in an open letter to world leaders. “This will not fundamentally alter our standard of living, nor deprive our children, nor harm our nations’ economic growth. But it will turn extreme and unproductive private wealth into an investment for our common democratic future.”

The rich signatories from 17 countries include Disney heir Abigail Disney; Brian Cox who played fictional billionaire Logan Roy in Succession; actor and screenwriter Simon Pegg; and Valerie Rockefeller , an heir to the US dynasty.

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    10 months ago

    Done

    Those are good causes…

    But I don’t see anything about her making political donations at all, especially not in democratic primaries to progressives

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        10 months ago

        Nope, just not what I asked for.

        Like, if I asked to borrow a pen and you gave me a cupcake…

        Cool, thanks for the cupcake, but I was asking for a pen buddy.