Tax the richest: why are we waiting? In November the most important UN conference for six years on combating poverty is taking place. Paying for the Millennium Development Goals is at the top of the agenda. David Hillman explains why we don't need to look very far to find the funds.

New Internationalist › Nbr. 2008, April 2008

Author: Hillman, David

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Tax Justice - Millennium Development Goals - Conference news

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Tax the richest: why are we waiting? In November the most important UN conference for six years on combating poverty is taking place. Paying for the Millennium Development Goals is at the top of the agenda. David Hillman explains why we don't need to look very far to find the funds.

The flags of all the UN countries that flank the famous building in New York billowed in the gentle April breeze. I had stepped outside for a bit of fresh air and to call my office in London.

I had just heard Douglas Alexander, the British Development Minister, say that 'additional finance needs to be brought on stream to meet the unpredicted costs of climate change'. These words--conceding the need for extra money--had never been used by him in Britain.

'What's more,' I s...

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