“I don’t think about a permanent wealth tax: we need to adjust the tax rate system, make them fairer, decrease the tax burden on the middle class and increase it on higher incomes”: Angelo Bonelli, spokesperson for the Greens, has clear ideas about a possible wealth tax. The deputy of the Green and Left Alliance would have already identified the people to hit: “In Italy, 79 billionaires own wealth equal to 357 billion euros. Does anyone really think that asking them for a solidarity contribution for four years is a scandal? The real scandal is that over 6 million citizens forgo healthcare because waiting lists are endless or because they don’t have the money to turn to private healthcare. With the Meloni government, the tax burden has reached 43.1%, the highest level in the last fifteen years, while absolute poverty affects 5.7 million people. The real wealth tax is already being paid by 99% of Italians.”
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The 79 Italian billionaires Bonelli referred to are 55 men and 24 women, with a total wealth of 357.2 billion dollars, according to Forbes Italia, updated to December 12, 2025. The top ten fortunes concentrate about 44% of the total wealth in the ranking.
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Inevitably, then, the attack on the government: “The right defends the privileges of billionaires and shifts the tax burden onto workers, pensioners, and the middle class. We say a simple thing: taxes on the middle class must decrease. It is unacceptable that someone who declares 50 thousand euros a year ends up paying an Irpef rate of 43%, while someone who owns billions in assets pays the same rate as someone with an income of 50 thousand euros. Reforming Irpef rates to reduce taxes for the middle class and increase them for the incomes of hyper-millionaires would be a choice of social equity,” he stated in a note.
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