Your line of thinking is misplaced. The Authority is the US Govt and the mechanism is taxation. Explain to me how a drastic increase in taxes on a small numbe

Your line of thinking is misplaced. The Authority is the US Govt and the mechanism is taxation. Explain to me how a drastic increase in taxes on a small number of individuals (effectively capping their income) brings us to a Totalitarian state? Amassing $75B is not a basic human right or liberty. And this has nothing at all do with someone acting churlish, or conversely with their potential to do wonderful things with that money. The question is just: as a society, do we allow a roomful of people to own more than half the nation combined? And how does this benefit the country? I say No — the disparity must be reined in.