Remember what Ike did and why. Taxing the wealthy is good for the country and economy.
This is not
Wealth of Elon Musk
2012: $2,000,000,000
2024: $273,000,000,000
Wealth of Jeff Bezos
2012: $18,400,000,000
2024: $207,100,000,000
Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg
2012: $17,500,000,000
2024: $200,000,000,000
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2024: $7.25
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Absolutely this. This sort of wealth hoarding is creating billionaire monsters with messianic visions of themselves who are above the law and want to own enslave humanity’s future to their will forever (cf: extremist longtermism)
It sounds like outrageous, sci-fi, bond villain stuff and it is. These are not Gods or visionary humans. They’re emotionally damaged assholes.