Someone DM’ed me & said defend billionaires in 2 tweets. Took 3. Curious for your critique or own version (obv generalized): Business ppl (mostly) grow the pie. Gov’t (mostly) splits it (grows some too) W/o business ppl growing pie, there’s less to splithttps://twitter.com/eriktorenberg/status/1224151530980270081?s=20 …
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See recent critique of billionaires for not solving climate crisis. US Gov't has over 4 trillion dollars (collected via taxes vs created via growth). What's better use for public $ than solving climate change? The more ppl become rich, the more money gov't has to do so.pic.twitter.com/5WaTvbKefa
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One thing I'd add is I'm surprised when pro-government fans don't want people to become billionaires as long as they are creating sustainable value (e.g JK Rowling)... It means more money for the gov't!
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Another addition: There are 2 distinct kinds of billionaire complaints: Those that think the $ would be better off distributed more widely among employees & public directly +those that think the gov't should be collecting the money & dispersing it itselfhttps://twitter.com/eriktorenberg/status/1204506799941881857?s=20 …
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