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Everyone should have equality of opportunity, the fact that we have a progressive tax rate system is deliberately to redistribute wealth across the population fairly to help provide that equality of opportunity.

The fact that people have got to the point of personal selfishness that they think that only "money talks" is a measure of their societal contribution is a sad indictment of the past 30-40 years of Thatcher/Reaganite nonsense.

The purpose of money is to aid in trade and that very creation and distribution of wealth.

Billionaires should be taxed at 100% for all of their liquid wealth over that $1B. If they have it invested into productive and useful wealth creation, then leave it there, otherwise, take it and do something productive with it.