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I'm a bit torn on the topic of entertainer billionaires and millionaires. Is it our opinion that they should just retire as soon as they hit 2 or 3 million, and end all contracts with royalties? It's not really their fault, at that point, that they keep making money.
Likewise with people who bought stock shares before a big merger or bought crypto a decade ago which made their wealth more than decuple in value. They certainly didn't start at the same low as the majority of people, but that's also not really their fault.
Let's say that there can be some, that it's possible to be, a good billionaire but let's all agree we should be taxing the fuck out of them.
Tax is the answer
Tax alone isn't the answer. if the richest man in the world were to pay 200 billions a year in taxes they would still be a billionaire and if these 200 billions ends up on building a ballroom for politicians not much is achieved.
A billion is an amount of money so ridiculous that it should simply be illegal to have that much.