Manifesto

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Discover on this webpage why ‘a good future for everyone’ is much closer than we think.

1. First, Earth’s core problem ‘Extreme concentration of wealth’ is explained.
2. Then Professor Peter Ricchiuti explains that extreme wealth is worsening our economies.
3. Then Professor Thomas Piketty indicates that four improvements need to be implemented.
4. Then Professor Jan Tobochnik proves that the disastrous effects of the current wealth concentration can only be stopped with a global wealth tax on the extreme rich.
5. Then a book can be downloaded or ordered, which describes Earth’s core problem and how we can solve it. The book is a call to all people to wake up. The book gives clear examples of how it can be done. It is time for action, for movement, for revolution even, perhaps.
6. And finally, it turns out that ‘a good future for everyone’ is much closer than we think.

Earth’s core problem

Many of the serious problems in the world today are caused by one and the same core problem, namely the process of wealth concentration whereby an increasing share of all the world’s wealth is in the hands of an ever smaller group of people.

Watch the three videos below to get a good idea of the extreme concentration of wealth in our world today.

Failing economies

Below a video of a TED talk by Professor Peter Ricchiuti, in which he explains how the extreme concentration of wealth to the super-rich is worsening our economies. “Something really needs to change,” he says.

Summary of the video: Big corporations, mostly owned by the super rich, have huge amounts of money. These companies have billions of dollars in cash. That money is not going back into the economy. What do they do with it? They buy back their own shares. They are increasing the dividend at a record pace. They do mergers and acquisitions, companies buy each other. That is the opposite of a healthy economy. These big corporations have done a great job of what we call financial engineering. In other words, they’ve helped companies build their share prices. And they have done very well. But don’t forget that the top 1%, own more than 50% of all stocks. So the results were very well for the super-rich, but it has done nothing for the other side, the so-called real economy, because you don’t see these companies making much-needed capital expenditures. We’ve had an economy that has done very well in recent years, but it hasn’t really benefited everyone. It has brought wealth to the super-rich, but it has done very little for working people and therefore for the real economy. And that has to change.

Four improvements

Below a video by Professor Thomas Piketty, in which he proposes four improvements:

Summary of the video: To restore our economies and governments to health, four issues need to be addressed, namely (1) tax progressivity, (2) establish a global financial registry, (3) enable access to educations and well-paying jobs and (4) public debts need to be reduced to greatly improve public investments further in education, environmental protection, health and infrastructure.

Wealth calculation model

Below a video of a TED talk by Professor Jan Tobochnik, in which he proves with a mathematical model that the disastrous effects of the current wealth concentration can only be stopped with a global wealth tax.

“This is not a crazy idea,” Tobochnik says.“ Thomas Piketty, a French economist, wrote the book ‘Capital in the 21st century’ in 2010, and after sifting through reams of data and doing all sorts of calculations and statistical analysis, Piketty came to the conclusion, that the best thing he could do would be a global tax on wealth. Why worldwide? Then you can’t hide.”

Book ‘Extreme Wealth Should Be Taxed’

This book describes Earth’s core problem and how we can solve it.

What is Earth’s core problem?
The wealth of all of humanity is increasingly flowing away to a very small group of the super-rich.

How can we solve it?
With a 30% wealth tax on all wealth over $10 million, we’re going to level extreme wealth across more people. In addition, with another new tax law, we will ensure that 50% of all corporate profits over $1 million are shared equally among all employees, ensuring that corporate wealth flows not only to wealthy shareholders, but also to the working people.

The book is a call to all people to wake up. The book gives clear examples of how it can be done. It is time for action, for movement, for revolution even, perhaps.

The book is available at all well-known bookstores and webshops and also available via this website in the languages English, Spanish, German and Dutch.

Good future is much closer than we think!

Twitter polls in seven different countries indicate that people worldwide are choosing to tax the wealth of the extreme rich.

In Britain, 79% are in favour.
In the Netherlands, 73% is in favour.
In Germany, 72% are in favour.
In Spain, 68% are in favour.
In Canada, 68% are in favour.
In Mexico, 58% are in favour.
Even in America, 57% say they support a tax on the wealth of the extreme rich.

With the number of votes that we register on this website, we increase support for political parties to include the super-rich tax in their programmes.

Every vote brings us one step closer to a good future for everyone!

Vote now!