American billionaires increased their condition by 1.3 trillion dollars during coronavirus pandemic. This is stated in the report of the organization American for Tax Fairness and the Institute of Political Studies (IPS).
For 12 months, 43 new billionaires appeared in the country – now they are 657. The capital of the rich rose by 44.6 percent compared with the extrapendamic level. So far from the state increased, almost 80 million Americans lost work, noted in the report.
Tesla head Ilon Mask Rogger at 559 percent (by $ 137 billion), the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos – 58 percent (65 billion dollars), head of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg – 86 percent (by 47 billion). The most profitable turned out to be the US technological sector, then the financial sphere and auto industry goes.
Previously, the American Senator Bernie Sanders criticized a chance for corporate greed. “Bezos and Mask own a great fortune than the poorest 40 percent of Americans. Meanwhile, we see the highest level of hunger in the country than ever over the past decades,” he said.
Previously, a group of American senators suggested introducing tax in the country for super-rich. For billionaires in the US, the initiative may result in multi-billion annual tax deductions.