On the surface this looks like it's %5 of someone's net worth, not their income... Is net worth tracked by the government in Germany? What is the "wealthy person" is not liquid - do they have to sell assets to pay this unexpected tax?
Odd to be sure. -Cameron On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > Those damn, dirty socialist, humanist bastards. > What are they trying to prove? > 1 Billion Euros if the ultra rich were taxed by just 5%.... > pffft...as if! > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8323711.stm > > 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 100bn euros (£91bn) if the richest people paid a > 5% wealth tax for two years, they say. > > The petition has 44 signatories so far, and will be presented to newly > re-elected Chancellor Angela Merkel. > > The group say the financial crisis is leading to an increase in > unemployment, poverty and social inequality. > > Simply donating money to deal with the problems is not enough, they > want a change in the whole approach. > > "The path out of the crisis must be paved with massive investment in > ecology, education and social justice," they say in the petition. > > Those who had "made a fortune through inheritance, hard work, > hard-working, successful entrepreneurship, or investment" should > contribute by paying more to alleviate the crisis. > > The man behind the petition, Dieter Lehmkuhl, told Berlin's > Tagesspiegel that there were 2.2 million people in Germany with a > fortune of more than 500,000 euros. > > If they all paid the tax for two years, Germany could raise 100bn > euros to fund ecological programmes, education and social projects, > said the retired doctor and heir to a brewery. > > Signatory Peter Vollmer told AFP news agency he was supporting the > proposal because he had inherited "a lot of money I do not need". > > He said the tax would be "a viable and socially acceptable way out of > the flagrant budget crisis". > > The group held a demonstration in Berlin on Wednesday to draw > attention to their plans, throwing fake banknotes into the air. > > Mr Vollmer said it was "really strange that so few people came" > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306387 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
