In one of the bluntest statements on the topic by any globalist thus far, controversial German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble openly called for "global standards" and "global governance" in taxation to ensure that governments can continue extracting huge sums in taxes from the wealth-producing class in perpetuity. In an October 30 column, Schäuble, who regularly promotes globalism and domestic police-state measures, also touted the global tax-information regime long pushed by socialists and globalists just signed in Berlin between more than 120 governments and regimes.

The German finance chief, writing for the self-styled "world's opinion page" known as Project Syndicate, lambasted businesses for seeking to legally reduce their worldwide tax burden by "adapting their structures." Citizens, too, must pay more taxes, he argued. In essence, Schäuble claimed that because of a globalized economy and business system, humanity must now submit to a globalized taxation regime as well. "Tax legislation has not kept pace with these developments," he wrote, echoing calls by globalists around the world for more plunder. "They need to be adapted to the economic reality of digital services."