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My point, which seems to have soared over the heads of my detractors in this thread, is that the ultra rich should be taxed at a higher rate, and that money use
by na85 5y ago
My point, which seems to have soared over the heads of my detractors in this thread, is that the ultra rich should be taxed at a higher rate, and that money used to fund programs that combat homelessness.
Jeff Bezos and the other dragons^H^H^H^H^H^H^H billionaires have demonstrably too much wealth, to the extent that they can afford dick-measuring contests like "whose CEO can get to space first, for no reason whatsoever".
The measure of a great society is by how it treats its least fortunate members.
- fshbbdssbbgdd 5y agoA fine opinion, but the only nexus to the news story we are commenting on is the exhortation for Bezos to go buy a bunch of houses (which would only push prices even higher and make somebody else homeless).
- na85 5y agoThere was no such exhortation. I used the word "could", not the word "should", for a reason. That reason was to illustrate that he can afford a tax and should be levied one.
- fshbbdssbbgdd 5y agoFor what it’s worth, Bezos is associated with Amazon, not Apple.
- epistasis 5y agoThe problem here is not the ultra rich, it's the moderately rich that are blocking housing. There's more than enough money for people to pay for the building and maintenance, it's just that local land owners have said "we don't want to share" All of Bezos' money isn't going to fix that problem. The problem here is wealth inequality, but it's the inequality of land wealth, not dollar wealth. The problem is excessive greed, not of Bezos, but of local homeowners and politicians. A former mayor literally joked about building a wall around Cupertino. That is the asshole that needs to be backed against a wall to fix this problem.