Under a 3% wealth tax, Bezos’ first-year “fair share” exceeds *all* his liquid assets. Founders’ wealth is in their companies, not yachts. There’s nothing worth enough to sell but ownership stake. A cartoon vision of wealth is going to dismantle the strongest economy in the world
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While of course capital and liquid assets are much different… you're still kind of down-playing conspicuous consumption. Silicon Valley techbros do go Scrooge McDucking occasionally. It's not a binary choice: there are nuanced tax options between regressive and confiscatory.
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Though a surprisingly affordable make-believe given modern gold prices:pic.twitter.com/yWFMsJKTJ4
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