You've heard the Billionaire for Wealthcare concept in San Diego, the Germans have even a better idea though...
A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the government to make wealthy people pay higher taxes.
The group say they have more money than they need, and the extra revenue could fund economic and social programmes to aid Germany's economic recovery.
Germany could raise 100bn euros (£91bn) if the richest people paid a 5% wealth tax for two years, they say.
Ha. Those socialist rich Germans... What the f. is wrong with them? Or, do they know something Americans don't know?
The petition has 44 signatories so far, and will be presented to newly re-elected Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The group say the financial crisis is leading to an increase in unemployment, poverty and social inequality.
Simply donating money to deal with the problems is not enough, they want a change in the whole approach.
"The path out of the crisis must be paved with massive investment in ecology, education and social justice," they say in the petition.
I hope Fox News get their hands on this report. It will be interesting to know what they think about it. At the time the poor people are fighting tooth and nail in American to obtain health care, the US rich were fighting also to keep poor people on the health care death row.
But, the Rich Germans, who lived though WWII era and post war occupation would know what big income gaps bring, insecurity and ultimately social unrest. And they want to fix it.
Those who had "made a fortune through inheritance, hard work, hard-working, successful entrepreneurship, or investment" should contribute by paying more to alleviate the crisis.
The man behind the petition, Dieter Lehmkuhl, told Berlin's Tagesspiegel that there were 2.2 million people in Germany with a fortune of more than 500,000 euros.
If they all paid the tax for two years, Germany could raise 100bn euros to fund ecological programmes, education and social projects, said the retired doctor and heir to a brewery.
Which leads me to ask a question... Once you've got your house, your yacht, your car, your child school costs, your food. Why else are you stashing millions of dollars in the bank? What's for? really?
Now, a tricky poll below. Hope you get it right :)