Conversation Guide: Tax Their Billions

Conversation Guide: Tax Their Billions

If they say “Why should we tax billionaires?” You can say: The super-rich are driving inequality and the climate crisis by hoarding wealth, investing in carbon polluting industries, and avoiding taxation – while the rest of us struggle with soaring energy costs, underfunded public services, and climate impacts like heatwaves and floods. Yet instead of taxing them properly, governments give billionaires a free pass and cut funding for vital publ…