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Millionaires come together to ask for ultra-rich to be taxed more

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Most millionaires and billionaires in G20 countries support paying higher taxes on their wealth and almost half think extreme wealth is a “threat to democracy”, according to a survey.

According to a survey by the , some of the world’s richest people have concerns about the potential dangers of extreme wealth concentration

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