Danish Left Wants Confiscatory Wealth Tax
18th March 2026
There appears to be no cure for tax greed. Once politicians have set their eyes on any kind of wealth tax, they are willing to defy both experience and common sense in their pursuit of what they see as a goose that lays golden eggs.
No, they’re not doing it to raise money, although if that happens they will be happy to profit from it. They’re doing it to make rich people into poor people, a product of both congenital envy and of socialist politics, which requires the destruction of property rights in general.
In what can only be rationalized as a desperate pursuit of voters on the far-left fringe, incumbent prime minister Mette Frederiksen has made the reintroduction of the wealth tax a top priority. If she gets it her way and keeps her job after the March 24th election, the new tax will be exactly as draconian as a wealth tax can be.
Any Dane who sticks around waiting to be robbed deserves it. The others will al move to another country—and move their wealth with them. Good luck paying for the comprehensive welfare state then.