coldneuron

coldneuron t1_ist6cd6 wrote

I don’t understand how billionaires who are created that way owe society anything. They are only rich because people decide they are. If everyone in America suddenly decided I was a billionaire I’d think they were all insane. And if they then decided I owed more taxes because they imagined I was wealthy I’d think they were extra nuts.

If I earn money I can pay taxes on that. If someone says my shoes are suddenly a billion dollars they’d better be willing to give me a billion dollars for it.

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