Re:Deadspin Staffers Are Quitting
by Dylan16807 on Thursday October 31, 2019 @01:24AM
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> No, money doesn’t easily solve anything
Anyone who has ever had an unreliable car begs to differ. Among a million other examples. Not being able to just solve unexpected problems is the worst part of being poor.
> Envy of other people’s wealth and taking it away by force is at the forefront of every catastrophic economic outcome.
I didn't say 'taking it away', it's more a comment on how taxes should be more progressive.
But if you did knock every billionaire down to 100M... nothing bad would happen. It's less than one percent of one percent of people going from "filthy rich" down to "still filthy rich".
Anyone who has ever had an unreliable car begs to differ. Among a million other examples. Not being able to just solve unexpected problems is the worst part of being poor.
> Envy of other people’s wealth and taking it away by force is at the forefront of every catastrophic economic outcome.
I didn't say 'taking it away', it's more a comment on how taxes should be more progressive.
But if you did knock every billionaire down to 100M... nothing bad would happen. It's less than one percent of one percent of people going from "filthy rich" down to "still filthy rich".