Wealth tax would solve the vax problem – and a lot of other ones too

It could cover social grants and healthcare for poor countries and lift about 2-billion people out of poverty

19 January 2022 - 20:10 By Asad Zulfiqar

A progressive wealth tax on the world’s richest individuals could pay for every person on the planet to be fully vaccinated and lift a swathe of its population above the poverty line, according to researchers. ..

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