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    Disney Heiress Calls For Wealth Tax: 'We Have To Draw A Line'

    Abigail Disney is among the superrich speaking out against income inequality. When Disney workers told her they were rationing insulin and sleeping in cars, she says, she felt an indescribable rage.
    by Ari Shapiro Jun 28, 2019 5 minutes
    Honoree Abigail Disney speaks during the 2018 Women's Media Awards at Capitale on Nov. 1, 2018, in New York City.

    It may come as no surprise that a strong majority of Americans support a wealth tax — a higher tax rate for a small number of millionaires and billionaires.

    But what might be a surprise is that some of those millionaires and billionaires are calling for a wealth tax themselves.

    Abigail Disney is one of those people.

    Her grandfather was Roy Disney, co-founder of the multibillion-dollar entertainment conglomerate that bears her family name — though she currently has no formal role with the company.

    The activist and filmmaker has been speaking out on the issue of income inequality, and specifically at Disney. She was one of 18 people in the top one-tenth of the wealthiest 1% who first signed a recent letter to the 2020 presidential candidates supporting for households with $50 million or more in assets.

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