[happytoexplain]

You could fund the entire federal government for half a year with the wealth of only the top 100 people in the US? That's mind-blowing, and makes me way more optimistic about the practical effect of taxes on extreme wealth than I have been.

[youareawesome]

After that first year there would be no one left to tax, so how would you sustain your government's revenue long term?

[jhasse]

No one left? Only 100 gone!

[youareawesome]

Yeah, so then let's eliminate the next 100, and so on and so forth until everyone is penniless.

[jhasse]

As the money hasn't left the system, this will never happen.

[youareawesome]

Yes, everyone will eventually be equally poor and dependent on the government. Sounds great