[wonder_er]

Pointing out how high the base-line level of incompetence of the government seems ineffective.

I think the line of reasoning is something like this:

> "The rich" are bad, we need the government to save us from them. The government is underfunded, so when it takes money from the rich, it'll be funded enough to become competent.

The federal debt is $20 trillion. The 400 billionaires and their 2.7 trillion is about 15% of the debt we're in.

Why does the government always get a free pass in... everything?

[happytoexplain]

>I think the line of reasoning is something like this: "The rich" are bad, we need the government to save us from them.

Isn't the argument that extreme wealth disparity is bad, and that government is one of the best and/or only vectors for affecting societal problems on such a massive scale? Your version sounds mangled on purpose to make half of the people in the discussion look bad.

[AstralStorm]

Who else would enact this change?

Bottom up does not have enough direct power. Billionaires won't banish themselves. The problem of government is that many members are rich to filthy rich themselves.

Legislation is government too.

About the only other force that could enact it is a widely accepted religion and there is none anymore.