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[Stare Decisis]

If Medicare were a mortgage Jeff Bezos could make a twenty-five percent down payment on the entire nation's yearly expenditure and still be left with about $20 billion.

https://wealthygorilla.com/jeff-bezos-net-worth/As of 2019, Jeff Bezos’ net worth is roughly $170 billion.
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In FY 2018, the Medicare program cost $583 billion, about 14 percent of total federal government spending. After Social Security, Medicare was the second largest program in the federal budget last year.

Jeff Bezos has a net worth equal to FIVE percent of TOTAL Federal Government spending.

How long does democracy last under this paradigm?