Long post alert... -- If Bezos's and the other mega billionaires wanted to truly change the tax code for a top .0001% tax rate or whatever they could almost c

Long post alert... -- If Bezos's and the other mega billionaires wanted to truly change the tax code for a top .0001% tax rate or whatever they could almost certainly get it done. How much does Bezos spend on lobbying (not Amazon specific interests)? Virtually a 25 cents to him - .000086 Adelson spent something like $500mm over a decade and he probably has 75% or more of the 'credit' for changing pro-Isreal policy. Bezos and the rest of them could put a few billion into treasuries and still not lose any basis just use the dividends politically. In addition if they stopped following shareholder primacy Bezos could direct Amazon to repatriate profits continually and pay the tax. Stop relying on legal 'loopholes' to lower tax % and just pay in 'best faith' and stop pitting local governments against each other in a race to the bottom. Hell they could even send a check to Treasury but spending only a billion $ lobbying for new laws would be more effective and longer term. -- Personally I'd like to see something like a sovereign wealth fund that benefits social security/healthcare and directly supports the bottom 40%. Look to Alaska as an example. Each 'bailout' the taxpayers should get a % of shares for their investment, basically free money from the Fed which is supposed to make its money back anyways. Fannie/Freddit/TARP is an odd example something more like UAE, Norway but passive and only US companies Go further and make it part of taxes for the mega corps only. 14% profit + a small % of shares annually. We don't have to turn into CCP with control over Corporate direction. Simply hold the shares passively. Have to figure out something where corps have no dividends. Maybe a set yearly sale %. I think about how beneficial it would be to give $1600 cash right now and match another $1600 to each individual in basically a retirement index fund that is only accessible in ___ years or ___ first time homebuyer etc circumstances like a new type of IRA. Hell the government could take a cut in ___ years and it would pay for itself.