Rousseff Party Wants Millionaires to Pay Brazil Protest Demands

Brazil’s ruling party is reviving a proposal to tax millionaires to help pay for improvements in public services being demanded by protesters staging the largest demonstrations in two decades.

The move is part of a rush to pass laws that placate demands for cheaper transportation, better education and an end to corruption by the more than 1 million Brazilians who have filled streets nationwide over the past three weeks. The proposal has been under consideration for at least 25 years, though it was brought back to life this week by President Dilma Rousseff’s Workers’ Party as pressure mounted for more spending at a time when budgets are stretched.