This is about fair taxation, not government spending.
If you want to propose a method by which we could reduce government spending, that would be very welcome! But we are currently discussing (from the article):
>an annual levy of 2 per cent of the wealth of the world’s roughly 3,000 dollar billionaires
and we are discussing it because (also from the article):
>the wealth of the very richest had grown by 7-8 per cent annually in recent decades — on top of inflation — compared to the 2-3 per cent growth rate of average wealth.
There is a widespread belief that the wealthiest people in the world pay less than their "fair" share of taxes compared to working class people. Whether you believe this or not, bringing up government spending feels like changing the topic...
Sorry, I mention that more or less at the start of my comment. I made the relation to government spending because I often read references that higher taxes for the 'super rich' can relief the taxes for the 'not so super rich'.
You wrote "Taxing the super-rich might be admirable from a jealousy point of view." which is a rather uncharitable way to describe a desire for the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes.
If you want to propose a method by which we could reduce government spending, that would be very welcome! But we are currently discussing (from the article):
>an annual levy of 2 per cent of the wealth of the world’s roughly 3,000 dollar billionaires
and we are discussing it because (also from the article):
>the wealth of the very richest had grown by 7-8 per cent annually in recent decades — on top of inflation — compared to the 2-3 per cent growth rate of average wealth.
There is a widespread belief that the wealthiest people in the world pay less than their "fair" share of taxes compared to working class people. Whether you believe this or not, bringing up government spending feels like changing the topic...