wealth tax
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Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us: The Urgent Case for a Wealth Tax
by Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks · 3 Mar 2026 · 291pp · 83,422 words
: Laura Boyle Cover image: 123RF/basovcomua Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Title: Cancelling billionaires before they cancel us : the urgent case for a wealth tax / Linda McQuaig & Neil Brooks. Names: McQuaig, Linda, author. | Brooks, Neil, author. Description: Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20250301865 | Canadiana (ebook) 20250308215 |
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ISBN 9781459754836 (softcover) | ISBN 9781459754850 (EPUB) | ISBN 9781459754843 (PDF) Subjects: LCSH: Wealth tax—Canada. | LCSH: Rich people—Taxation—Canada. Classification: LCC HJ4122.A4 M37 2026 | DDC 336.2/30971—dc23 We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council
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of the Rich Towards the Poor Seven: More on the Philanthropy Scam Eight: What Billionaires Can Learn from Finland Nine: The Urgent Case for a Wealth Tax, Once More with Feeling Acknowledgements Appendix: Canadian Billionaires Notes Index About the Authors Preface Billionaires — triumphant with the return of Donald Trump — act like
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Economics called “Taxing Billionaires.” The goal of this committed group was clear: to keep the momentum going towards the development and implementation of a wealth tax aimed at the super-rich, even in the face of the second inauguration of Trump months earlier. With Trump’s return making billionaires apparently more
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hard slogging by the team gathered in Paris, led by the brilliant French economists Thomas Piketty and Gabriel Zucman. Their crusade for a new wealth tax — unlike the notoriously ineffective wealth taxes implemented by many European countries — has made considerable progress, despite the headwinds against it. Surprisingly, they managed in 2024 to get their
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took the unusual step of committing to “engage cooperatively to ensure ultra-high-net-worth individuals are effectively taxed.”1 The push for a new wealth tax is really the brainchild of Piketty, whose dedication to the cause of greater equality is deep and unwavering. Growing up in the working-class Parisian
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million, and 3 percent on those above a billion.11 Later in the campaign, she went further, raising the rate of her wealth tax to 6 percent for billionaires. The wealth tax proposed by Bernie Sanders was even more progressive than Warren’s. Starting at 1 percent on net worth above US$32 million
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, introduced a radical proposal for taxing the ultra-wealthy. Introduced in his 2022 budget, this “Billionaire Minimum Income Tax”16 was not actually a wealth tax but rather a minimum income tax that would have collected huge amounts of additional revenue from the super-rich, partly by taxing the appreciating value
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that could change, particularly if a strong backlash develops against oligarchy because billionaires overplay their hand — a scenario that’s not hard to imagine. A wealth tax is an annual tax imposed on extremely rich citizens. Before we go any farther, let’s be clear about this crucial point: the tax would
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contributing to the nation’s “shared sacrifice.” Ahh, but of course, we must come back down to earth and face the difficulties of imposing a wealth tax. We certainly don’t mean to understate the political challenge of overcoming the resistance of the super-empowered billionaire class. But, as mentioned, the
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wealthy stash their money beyond the reach of national authorities. Cracking down on tax havens poses the same sort of seemingly insurmountable problems that a wealth tax would face: opposition from billionaires and their advocates, plus the difficulty of getting co-operation and co-ordination from dozens of nations around the world
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, working through official channels, without the backing of any popular political movement. What if a popular political movement could be organized to push for a wealth tax? Imagine. * * * As CBC TV’s chief political correspondent, the feisty Rosemary Barton is known for interviews that take no prisoners. Accordingly, in her interview
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of Greek city-states were required to use their personal wealth to finance important state activities like military expeditions and public festivals. These payments, essentially wealth taxes, were considered a public service, or liturgy, and those paying them were accorded great status and respect in the community, notes U.S. classics
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of alms for the poor. For matters of state, however, it was the wealthy who were required to provide the revenue. There were even wealth taxes in the early days of America. In the decades before the Civil War, many states had developed comprehensive and sophisticated systems of wealth taxation.34
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also meant governments weren’t collecting much revenue. European governments were getting lots of political flak over these taxes without getting much revenue. This made wealth taxes an easy target for the neoliberal reformers who came to prominence, starting in the 1970s and ’80s with the rise of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald
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ducks, waiting to be shot. And they were. Bam, bam, bam. So, what lesson should be drawn from Europe’s experience with wealth taxes? Well, above all, a future wealth tax should have a very high threshold, so that it only targets the truly wealthy (such as our proposed $25 million threshold for Canada
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). And there should be minimal or no exemptions. Fortunately, the designers of the new wealth tax have paid close attention, thereby weakening, if not demolishing, the supposedly slam-dunk case against it. * * * Having lost the ancient art of boastfully paying
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population, and changes in corporate governance laws that have dramatically driven up compensation for corporate CEOs and directors. There are ample grounds for a wealth tax on the basis of today’s extreme inequality and how much the rest of society could benefit from the money that would be collected. But
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apart from this elemental fairness, there is an additional justification for a wealth tax on the grounds that fortunes have been acquired largely due to policy changes that powerful interests have strong-armed governments to implement, and that are
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be used to bring about a much better distribution of rewards, based on the reality that society plays a vital role in the creation of wealth. Taxes could correct what might best be described as the arbitrary, pernicious, destructive, and deeply unequal distribution of rewards produced in a marketplace that has
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campaigns on so many different fronts. Even so, it’s a task worth doing. But let’s do it while simultaneously recognizing that a wealth tax could provide a highly effective short-cut to a more reasonable distribution of rewards. Of course, the ultra-wealthy will fiercely resist attempts to increase
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could simplify and clarify the issues and move us more quickly to the important goal of a fairer distribution of society’s resources. Furthermore, a wealth tax would address the root of the problem that is responsible for so many of today’s detrimental policies: the overempowerment of the billionaire class.
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artificial constructions which have an impact on how rewards are distributed. While most laws in the marketplace are about enabling individuals to acquire and retain wealth, tax laws ensure that the wealth is more broadly shared, thereby ensuring all members of society benefit from the wealth which we all collectively create. British
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calculations done by Alex Hemingway, an economist at the BC Society for Policy Solutions.5 The billions of dollars of additional revenue produced by a wealth tax would clearly provide an enormous boost to the country, enabling the federal government to invest in crucial, long-overdue improvements to our physical and
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was largely due to the emergence of neoliberal ideas favouring lower taxes on the rich. It was also due to the poor design of European wealth taxes, especially their relatively low thresholds, which meant that they impacted and angered a large number of people who were merely upper middle class. The
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mistakes of these earlier wealth taxes have been studied by the French economists — Thomas Piketty, Gabriel Zucman, and Emmanuel Saez — who have played leading roles in designing the new crop
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(plus, say, a surcharge of 25 percent). Financial commentators often express concerns that the wealthy would face liquidity problems if forced to pay a wealth tax. Yet they seldom express concerns about the liquidity problems faced by ordinary citizens who, forced to come up with funds to pay their income taxes
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Revenue Agency. This “third-party” reporting results in nearly full compliance with the income tax. A similar level of compliance could be achieved with a wealth tax if governments enforced the reporting of all financial assets. Another way Ottawa could reduce opportunities for tax evasion would be to establish a centralized asset
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for failing to accurately report one’s wealth should be severe, including imprisonment. A minimum audit rate could be established for taxpayers subject to the wealth tax, with more resources allocated to enforcing the tax — along the lines of measures proposed by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Auditing the returns of
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titans due to high taxes, but we’re probably doing all right if those taxes help us attract scientific geniuses like Geoffrey Hinton. 8. A Wealth Tax Would Have Adverse Effects on Savings, Investment, and Entrepreneurship, Thus Impeding Economic Growth A view often expounded by the rich and their apologists is
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aspiring entrepreneurs, who are typically young and usually not rich. As Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman have pointed out, a high threshold ensures that a wealth tax would not affect emerging businesses but instead hit the owners of established businesses. This would actually be helpful, since established businesses often use their market
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providing funds for climate action such as subsidizing home retrofits and the purchase of electrical vehicles, as well as financing renewable energy innovations. Furthermore, the wealth tax would leave the super-rich with less money with which to voraciously consume fossil fuels. Most importantly, the tax would send a signal that we
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the overwhelming dominance of today’s billionaire class will we have a chance to push back against its environmentally, politically, and socially destructive ways. The wealth tax would have the effect of shifting power and wealth away from billionaires and towards ordinary citizens. Without such a shift, it is hard to imagine
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how the world will be able to sustain itself. 2. In Addition to Its Impact on the Climate Battle, a Wealth Tax Would Help Reduce the Political Power of the Wealthy in Ways That Strengthen Democracy and Increase the Clout of Ordinary Citizens Extreme inequality, which conservatives
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the private marketplace, which, of course, billionaires dominate. After a while, the repeated mantra starts to sound like it must be true. Again, a wealth tax is something of a blunt instrument for dealing with the pervasive political influence of the ultra-rich. We clearly need other laws to impose more
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it; they would continue to have as much money at their disposal as they could possibly spend in their ultra-comfortable lives. However, a wealth tax could make a truly significant and immensely positive difference in the lives of millions of people.42 It could raise revenue to finance ambitious projects
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In addition, Gail Picco, a researcher on charities, provided enormously helpful background. Economists Marc Lee and Alex Hemingway have done pathbreaking work on a Canadian wealth tax, and both generously shared their ideas and expertise with us. Finally, we’d like to thank our many wonderful family members who sustained us and
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wealthy people should pay a higher tax on their wealth. Around two-thirds (68 percent) of citizens across seventeen of the G20 countries supported a wealth tax on wealthy people. “Earth for All Survey 2024, G20+ Global Report: Attitudes to Political and Economic Transformation,” June 2024, earth4all.life/global-survey-2024/.
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Coletto, “To Reduce the Deficit, Canadians Want Increased Taxes on the Wealthy and Large Corporations,” Abacus Data, August 11, 2021, abacusdata.ca/canadians-want-a-wealth-tax/. 26 As do several countries. See “Expatriation Tax,” Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expatriation_tax. The U.S. exit tax applies to U.S.
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Avoidance and Antidosis in Classical Athens,” Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974–2014), 1990, vol. 120 (1990): 147–69. 33 For a history of wealth taxes in Europe, see Ferdinand H.M. Grapperhaus, Tax Tales from the Second Millenium (International Bureau Fiscal Documentation, 1998). 34 Robin L. Einhorn, American Taxation, American
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Point on the Competitiveness of Global Economies,” imd.org/centers/wcc/world-competitiveness-center/rankings/world-competitiveness-ranking/. Chapter Nine: The Urgent Case for a Wealth Tax, Once More with Feeling 1 In determining a person’s wealth, the total value of the assets owned by that individual would be considered, including
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, including mortgages, loans, and amounts payable, would be deducted from the value of their wealth; hence in design it is a so-called net annual wealth tax. 2 Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, “Estimating the Top Tail of the Family Wealth Distribution in Canada: Updates and Trends,” December 9, 2021,
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Half a Trillion Dollars for a Stronger, Fairer Canada,” BC Society for Policy Solutions, June 4, 2025, bcpolicy.ca/2025/06/04/wealth-tax/. Hemingway concludes that the NDP wealth tax could raise almost $40 billion a year. The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, however, estimated that the NDP tax would raise only
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Coletto, “To Reduce the Deficit, Canadians Want Increased Taxes on the Wealthy and Large Corporations,” Abacus Data, August 11, 2021, abacusdata.ca/canadians-want-a-wealth-tax/. 12 The survey was commissioned by Earth4All and the Global Commons Alliance and conducted by Ipsos. “Tax the Rich, Say a Majority of Adults Across
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who pay through increased rental payments) are paying for the benefits that they receive from local and provincial government services. Hence, if an annual net wealth tax were enacted, the property tax would remain. 14 Linda McQuaig, Behind Closed Doors: How the Rich Won Control of Canada’s Tax System and
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, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance has, in four of its annual pre-budget reports in recent years, recommended that Canada implement a wealth tax. See ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/FINA/Work?show=reports&parl=44&session=1. Index Abacus Data, 192 Alibaba Group, 20 Allard, Peter, 122–25
Women & Power: A Manifesto
by Mary Beard · 2 Nov 2017 · 50pp · 15,155 words
because she is acting explicitly as the spokesperson for the women of Rome (and for women only), after they have been subject to a special wealth tax to fund a dubious war effort. Women, in other words, may in extreme circumstances publicly defend their own sectional interests, but not speak for men
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was “ni gauche, ni droite” (“neither left nor right”). After becoming president, however, he seemed to govern from the right—in particular, he scrapped a wealth tax and liberalised the labour market—and was thus seen as “president of the rich”.25 The thinking in the Elysée was that if France reformed
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rather with the way it made you feel. In a word, it was fun. * * * i“Sign of wealth” was a reference to an annual household wealth tax that the French government had instituted in 1945. iiThe innovative Dyna Z was not an unqualified success. Because of faulty cost estimates and a rise
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(1984). Katz, Shmuel. Lone Wolf: A Biography of Vladimir (Ze’ev) Jabotinsky. Fort Lee, NJ: Barricade Books, 1995. Kaya, Furkan. “Minority Policies of Turkey and Wealth Tax of 1942.” Yeditepe University (February 12, 2014), http://mpra.ub.uni -muenchen.de/53617/1/MPRA_paper_53617.pdf. Kedar, Nir. “Ben-Gurion’s Mamlakhtiyut
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three-class voting system obtaining in Prussia entailed the division of the population of each electoral district into three classes according to the payment of wealth taxes. The minority who were the richest then obtained one-third of the votes; the moderately wealthy the next one-third, and the large majority who
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were political wrangles as the parties fought over one proposal or another, and the non-Communists managed to win one such, a proposal for a wealth tax that would have damaged small enterprise. But Czechoslovakia, her borders reaching far into the bloc, and even, for a few miles, contiguous with the Soviet
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. It takes wars to get people to vote for substantial tax hikes, and successive left governments have found it very difficult to introduce even modest wealth taxes. This is where the honest activities get overtaken by less honest ones. In the US and some European ‘green new deals’, the tax issue is
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hand, talk is cheap. Given his Machiavellian tendencies, Altman’s talk was particularly cheap, especially since he was in no position to ordain his proposed wealth tax. To be fair, Altman backed up his pronouncements by financing research on universal basic income; he also launched a wacky crypto project aiming to register
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. Subject to proper data protection and guarantees of confidentiality, this risk assessment could include data such as your job, education, residence, mortgage, marital status, family wealth, tax returns, Linkedin and Facebook profiles, etc. that are already available subject to a few clicks and permissions. While intrusive sounding, I wouldn’t be surprised
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