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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by fanzhang on Thursday March 30, 2017 @01:34AM (#13993170)
Thought experiment: if you could destroy half of Bezo's wealth with the push of a button, would you do it? (Not dollars, but actual wealth -- imagine he has thousands of houses and you are allowed to legally demolish them with the push of a button).

It would reduce inequality, and increase everyone else's relative economic standing, and probably make many people feel better in comparison.

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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by JCharante on Thursday March 30, 2017 @03:46AM (#13993637)
But why? He earned it.
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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by afterburner on Thursday March 30, 2017 @01:38AM (#13993188)
Why destroy? Why not tax it and use it?
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