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Unidentified speaker urges tax on the "super rich," cites Oxfam finding that top 1% gained $33 trillion
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An unidentified meeting participant urged higher taxes on the "super rich," citing an Oxfam report that the top 1% saw their wealth increase by $33 trillion from 2015–2022 and saying that amount is 22 times what is needed to eliminate global extreme poverty.
An unidentified commenter urged taxing the "super rich" as a measured response to rising global inequality, citing an Oxfam report that found the top 1% increased their wealth by $33,000,000,000,000 between 2015 and 2022.
The commenter framed the proposal as moderate, not radical, and argued governments and civil society must confront widening income inequality. “This taxing the super rich agenda, it may seem as a radical or far…
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