Hey kids. I'm in my 60s. You've never lived in an America where the rich paid their fair share. I have. Let me tell you what that was like: * We built new schools * We built new highways * We cut the poverty rate * We lead the world in technology * WE WENT TO THE FUCKING MOON
Nobel prize-winning economist Herbert Simon estimated that about 80 percent of the income enjoyed by the rich comes not from their own efforts but from our shared inheritance. The rich disproportionately consume public goods and surplus labor.