Aid organizations are demanding a huge tax of 99 percent - for the fight against Corona

Numerous billionaires were able to increase their profits during the pandemic.

Aid organizations are therefore demanding a levy of several trillion dollars.

Munich - The international vaccination campaign is running slowly.

While vaccination fatigue is slowly spreading in richer countries, poorer countries are waiting for urgently needed deliveries with Comirnaty, Vaxzevria and Co.

According to the

, Oxfam and other aid organizations now want to ask billionaires to pay for it.

They threw a one-time donation proposal into the room.

The aid organizations are calling for the super-rich to participate more financially in the fight against the corona pandemic *.

Corona pandemic: billionaires should be asked to pay

Specifically, they are demanding a one-off property tax.

This is said to be 99 percent of the profits that billionaires made during the pandemic.

According to Oxfam, this could bring in around $ 5.4 trillion.

The public coffers would be relieved.

Corona vaccinations could be “financed for everyone”.

As Oxfam said on Thursday (August 12) in Berlin, the 2700 billionaires around the world would still be richer after the levy than before the pandemic.

Oxfam's calculations were made in collaboration with the Fight Inequality alliance, the Institute for Policy Studies and the Patriotic Millionaires Initiative.

Oxfam: Criticism of "Obscene Wealth"

Oxfam development finance expert Tobias Hauschild criticizes: "Governments allow a handful of super-rich to accumulate obscene wealth while billions of people struggle for their existence and have no access to the saving Covid-19 vaccination."

As the non-governmental organizations calculate, the assets of Amazon * founder Jeff Bezos, for example, rose by $ 79.4 billion to $ 192.4 billion during the pandemic.

Referring to Bezos most recent space flight, Hauschild explains: “With his wealth he could personally ensure that sufficient vaccine is available for everyone in the world.

But he prefers to spend his money on an exciting flight into space. "

With a view to one of the highest wealth inequalities in Europe, Oxfam is calling for Germany to be significantly more involved in overcoming the crisis.

The first surplus Astrazeneca vaccinations to be given to Namibia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine is a step in the right direction.