Penélope Cruz and other great fortunes who cry out for a tax on the rich: Bill Gates, Stephen King or George Soros

Penelope Cruz has lined up with others great fortunes crying out for a tax on the rich. The actress made a statement on Monday in favor of creating a tribute to the highest net worth“whoever has the most, pays the most”, in line with the owners of other multimillionaire estates such as Bill Gates, Stephen King or George Sorosamong them.

In the interview he offered for the Being Chainthe host of the radio program hour 25, Aymar Bretoshas asked Cruz for his opinion about the “very intense debate in recent days on whether to pay more or less taxes to guarantee the safety nets of the Welfare state, those who have the most, pay the most to guarantee it”. “It is logical, that whoever has more, pays more. I think you have to use logic in that sense”, declared one of the most international Spanish interpreters.

Penelope Cruz, on the tax debate: “It’s logical, isn’t it? Whoever has the most, pays the most” pic.twitter.com/VPg1jrri9T

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But Cruz, who according to the American portal specializing in the heritage of celebrities Celebrity Networth currently has a $85 million estateequivalent to almost 86 million euros, is not the only owner of a multimillion-dollar capital that supports a tax for the richest.

Cruz, in the line of Gates, King or Soros

Other great fortunes have also shared at some point the claim sustained by Penelope Cruz in her interview this Monday, as the co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates; the writer Stephen King or the investor George Soros. For example, the latter supported a manifesto so that the presidential candidates for the US elections in 2020 would commit to implementing a tax on the rich. “The United States has a moral, ethical and economic responsibility to further tax our wealth”, was what was declared by signing this letter a group of 18 billionairesamong whom was also abigail disneyheir to the Disney factory.

For its part, Bill Gates published in his blog almost three years agoon December 31, 2019, an end-of-the-year reflection with which he reaffirmed his commitment to the wealth redistribution with a tax on large fortunes: “The wealth gap is growing. The gap between the top and bottom incomes in the United States is much greater than it was 50 years ago. A few people end up with a lot (I’ve been disproportionately rewarded for the work I’ve done), while many others who work just as hard struggle to get ahead”.

“That is why I am in favor of a tax system in which, if you have more money, you pay a higher percentage in taxes. And I think that the rich should pay more than they currently doand that includes Melinda and me”, said Gates, who held the title of the richest person in the world for almost 20 years in total. Also in this line the writer pronounced himself Stephen King 10 years ago at a rally in Florida, where he publicly questioned why he himself shouldn’t have to pay a higher tax rate than he was paying at the time, just 28% of your incomeand launched a forceful reflection: “The charity of the rich cannot solve pressing matters such as global warming or the inclement rise in the price of gasoline”.