Top 0.5% are getting rich from Covid-19 crisis. Tax them! - economist
4 February 2021 3:21 PM
Share This: You canât have a small minority living as if they are tourists here,â says economist Dick Forslund.
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Calls for a special tax on the superrich are incessant and growing louder, not only in South Africa but around the world.
In the United States this week, Senator Elizabeth Warren joined a US Senate committee on tax, giving her much power to influence decisions in this regard.
Warren - who ran against President Joe Biden in the Democratic primary - campaigned on the idea of a wealth tax on accumulated assets.
Towards a People’s Vaccine Campaign: A call to action
15 Jan 2021
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The Covid-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc millions in South Africa and globally are being infected and dying. Vaccinating a significant part of the population is the only realistic way to defeat the pandemic. Achieving this will require international co-operation and solidarity. Unity in action across all sectors of our society is now paramount. We need vigilance and solidarity to slow the rate of infection and to unburden health facilities. The reported acquisition of 1.5 million doses of C-19 vaccines for frontline healthcare workers is welcomed, but this must be the start of urgently acquiring millions more. An estimated 40 to 80 million doses will be needed, along with a massive roll-out effort to achieve herd immunity. This cannot be done by the government alone. We, the people, especially the millions of poor and working-class people, must be central to this effort.