Suzanne Harrington: We need to tax the rich back to humanity

We continue to permit a skewed system, hoping that those who hoard wealth will chuck a bit back at us. Children still go to bed hungry

We need to make billionaires history. We need to tax them out of existence, writes Suzanne Harrington. 

My late dad, a keen Catholic, liked to tell us bible stories as bedtime stories. A favourite was the rich guy enjoying a banquet for one, while outside on the street a scabby, starving guy begged for his crumbs. 

My dad would put his voice into italics — even the dogs would lick his sores — before wrapping up with the inevitable heaven/hell denouement. Spoiler: it didn’t end well for the rich guy, but only after he was dead.