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Re:Interview with Paul Graham by felipemnoa on Friday September 04, 2020 @09:06PM (#24380572)
>>Billionaires often make compelling arguments for why they should get to keep their money

Well, it is their money.

Re:Interview with Paul Graham by Fnoord on Sunday September 06, 2020 @05:57PM (#24394985)
Its our country, our world. You don't live on it alone; we live here together. People who are very rich don't earn proportionally on how hard they work. Its the people who earn very little who do the hard, tough labor.
Re:Interview with Paul Graham by marcinzm on Friday September 04, 2020 @10:33PM (#24380956)
Money is a societal construct and as such it belongs to exactly the person society says it belongs to. That may not be the billionaire depending on the society.
Re:Interview with Paul Graham by felipemnoa on Saturday September 05, 2020 @07:42AM (#24382881)
Everything in society is a social construct, implicit or explicit. Right now the social construct that we have is that you get to keep the money you worked for after paying some taxes.

I do wonder if you could make something like the wealth tax work in the United States.

I'm willing to be educated.