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The issue is that there’s an amazing amount of overlap between the people who pay and the people who receive, making the exercise quite pointless. Even if you
by xondono 5y ago
The issue is that there’s an amazing amount of overlap between the people who pay and the people who receive, making the exercise quite pointless.
Even if you took all the wealth of billionaires and found a way of liquidating that at that price (you can’t, but let’s assume you can), then divide by all US citizens , you’ll see a pretty insignificant number.
- paulryanrogers 5y agoWho says the hoarded bounty has to be evenly distributed? IMO it should go to those who need it most. And even if the individual bump is small there's also one less thumb tipping the scales. Combined with campaign finance reform, more rigorous enforcement of bribery laws, and dropping first-past-the-post elections and things could really turn the corner.
- romwell 5y ago>Even if you took all the wealth of billionaires and found a way of liquidating that at that price (you can’t, but let’s assume you can), then divide by all US citizens , you’ll see a pretty insignificant number. The hell you are talking about? https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/nov/13/us-wealth-inequality-top-01-worth-as-much-as-the-bottom-90 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/nov/13/us-wealth-i...