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by michaelmrose 1036 days ago
You think we can solve problems otherwise but you never explain what is wrong with income ceilings. Why can't we build more houses and our a ceiling on income.

Here's a dirty secret in case you say all the billionaires will run away with their wealth. They aren't worth much.

Bezos isn't Amazon and if he was never born those people would work somewhere and the online store market would be divided somehow.

Billionaires harness labor and capture demand they create little of it then most of the benefits accrue to people who buy things not build things.

The version of it's a wonderful life starring Bezos has him stumbling around Bedford falls marveling that virtually nothing has changed and terminates with him begging Clarence to put him back because he misses his yacht.

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> the online store market would be divided somehow.

There is online shopping other than Amazon.

Literally the point