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Originally Posted by Azure
Pick a company other than Amazon. It doesn't matter. The point is still the same. There will always be rich people, and we need to find unique ways to get the rich people to invest their money in more economic opportunities, and not just by another yacht.
I agree that we need to find ways to help people have equal opportunity. I think there definitely isn't enough of that.
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But someone made $$ selling the Yacht. And employees were paid by the company who made the Yacht
So instead we could give this money to the government and they could distribute the money to the Yacht maker and his employees who are now out of a job….??
The Rich buying things is good for the economy . The Rich investing their money in companies is good for the economy. The only thing that isn’t good is buying speculative real estate and borrowing against the equity - that doesn’t really stimulate anything
I still don’t know the problem we are debating - bringing up to ability for the lowest earners to earn more ? Bringing the middle class closer to the 1%. Bringing everyone closer to the 0.01%, or just trying to bring the 0.01% lower and give their money to the government for re-distribution
Taxing the “rich” (and I still don’t know what the definition of rich is” doesn’t solve any of the problems. If you want to advocate for higher minimum wages, mandatory retirement contributions, better education - those are all things that have a real tangible benefit ( or could - hence discussions )
Bill Gates has done a lot more with his money for sanitation and clean drinking water then the government would have if it taxed him and distributed to their friends and family and people to buy PS5s while sitting on their couches