America today has de facto wealth redistribution via an opt-in narcissism tax on billionaires running for President, but it's very inefficient and mostly captured by billboard owners and D.C. consultants
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By comparison, Meg Whitman only spent $43 per vote in her losing bid to be Governator of California. It's amusing (and enraging) to consider that if Steyer had just invested the money in helping Iowa communities, he would have gotten far more votes.
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If present trends continue, 100 years from now all surplus wealth will be controlled by a handful of plutocrats who spend it shuttling rival bands of voters to elect them President of Mars
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