People want higher taxes on rich, better welfare: 21-country OECD survey

People want higher taxes on rich, better welfare: 21-country OECD survey

FILE PHOTO: Protesters wearing yellow vests walk down the Champs Elysees during a demonstration by the "yellow vests" movement in Paris, Fra By Leigh Thomas

PARIS (Reuters) – A strong majority of people in wealthy countries want to tax the rich more and there is broad support for building up the welfare state in most countries, a survey conducted for the OECD showed on Tuesday.

In all of the 21 countries surveyed, more than half of those people polled said they were in favor when asked: "Should the government tax the rich more than they currently do in order to support […]

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