Thinker101
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So what?
How much have Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos taken out of your pocket? They acquired BILLIONS at the same time you and I did not, so how much have then taken from you? Had they not acquired BILLIONS, how much more would be in your bank account today?
Probably quite a lot if the wealth were fairly distributed...
You see, funny thing. My Dad's Generation- people belonged to unions and rich people paid a 93% top marginal rate.. which kept them from getting TOO greedy. We had the greatest prosperity in history then.
Back when the tax rate was in the 90% range we were in the mist of WWII, the government was not charging that rate for fairness or to prevent people from getting TOO greedy. And guess what, there are still unions.