Marlene Engelhorn: āI inherited a fortune, and therefore power, without having done anything about itā
A young Austro-German heiress, Marlene Engelhorndescendant of the founder of the chemical and pharmaceutical company Basfdecided to form a group of citizens to decide how to donate part of the fortune inherited, equal to approximately 25 million euros. Tgcom24 reports it.
The 31-year-old sent a 10,000 people, randomly selected in Austria, a letter, asking to complete a survey. Then the campo it will come restricted a 50 people of different backgrounds and who will help her develop ideas on how to distribute the money.
āI inherited a fortune, and therefore power, without having done anything for it ā stated Engelhorn ā moreover, the State doesnāt even want taxesā. Austria has in fact abolished theinheritance tax in 2008, a measure deemed unfair by the heiress.
āIf politicians donāt do their job and donāt redistribute, then I have to redistribute my wealth myselfāhe explained in his statement, adding that āmany people struggle to make ends meet with a full-time job and they pay taxes on every euro earned from work. I see it as a failure of politics, and if politics fails, then citizens have to deal with it themselves.ā
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