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Rich Germans Demand Higher Taxes

Rich Germans Demand Higher Taxes
A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the government to make wealthy people pay higher taxes.

A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the government to make wealthy people pay higher taxes.

The group say they have more money than they need, and the extra revenue could fund economic and social programmes to aid Germany's economic recovery.

Germany could raise 100 billion euros if the richest people paid a 5% wealth tax for two years, they say.

(Continue reading in the BBC)

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