Anand Giridharadas: Should Billionaires Exist?

[DaDeacon]

[jimfields33]

1. We have 607 billionaires in the United States

I thought we had a ton more. So if we tax all of them down to 999 million. What do we do year two?

[Blues Heron]

4. keep taxing them?

lets try it. hundreds of millions is plenty for anybody - this current situation is just nutty - all this hoarding hurts the people.

[jimfields33]

5. I can agree

But when our annual budget is 4.5 trillion a year. The additional millions will be nice for a while but eventually the amount of extra money will go down every year.

[rampartc]

2. should a hereditary aristocracy exist?

I prefer an occasional reign of terror to multigenerational parasites.

higher marginal taxes encourage these guys towards charitable activity. I think we should encourage them.

[DaDeacon]

3. Reign of Terror will come ...

If we keep allowing the poor ( those who have under a Million in the bank) to stay uneducated and deny them real upward mobility.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

6. This needs to be on greatest page and kick!

Also send this to the Dem candidates. Especially Warren and Bernie because they understand things need changing in a more large way.

[mysteryowl]

7. This is fantastic!!! I am book marking to listen to all of it later.

This guy needs to be talking on all talk shows and media outlets.
Thanks for posting!! He makes so much sense!

"De-fanged government"

Disease of greed. (my words)

[DaDeacon]

8. He's been talking ...

He's done a good number of financial shows and a Ted talk

[DaDeacon]

9. And a book