alt Hacker NewsGood examples are great. But it doesn't solve the problem. The only way to fix this busted economy where inequality is increasing and few, wealthy individuals are gaining insane amounts of political power through spending is systemic change in the structure of our tax base.
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nobodywillobsrv • today at 8:30 PM
Why not tax the gov though? "Nobody should have that much control" means you must first have limited government and some mechanism to stop unstable governance dynamics which allow for capture. Currently it seems like billionaires are one way to stop that.
telesilla • today at 5:31 PM
Agreed. We could posit that the biggest impact a billionaire could have to improve the world would be to lobby for increased taxes.
I feel like the first dude is a good argument for taxing billionaires. He's still doing alright at what would be a 100% tax over a billion.