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@AliceFromQueens

My proposal that the great innovator Alice Walton make do on $50 billion instead of $60 billion is really bumming people out.

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@The_Equationist

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Okay, so the alternative is not to redistribute it to you individually, but to redistribute it to a bunch of people who will use it on consumer spending, rather than allocating it as capital.

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i bet u could make do on a bit less too

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Of course I can. Do you have an actual argument?

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everyone can make do on less, and saying "because they can make do on less this justifies taking their money" is an argument that makes me a lil uneasy

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@AliceFromQueens

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If you're suggesting I wouldn't benefit more from the marginal dollar than the great American innovator Alice Walton would, that makes me more than a little uneasy.

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Luckily I'm not suggesting that! My point is that "you can manage without this money" is a pretty bad justification to use for taking people's money from them; if you're gonna use a reasoning to remove people's property from them it should be pretty damn solid

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Who can possibly tell what unrealized gains an innovator could make with more money.

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taxes should be 80% on everyone but Alice Walton, who gets the proceeds to invest in her infinite wisdom

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