The fact that we have allowed our government to be bought and sold off to the likes of Musk and Thiel and Bezos and Zuckerberg really does clarify the situation for me. No one should be able to utilize their $$$$ to buy the government lock, stock and barrel. Yet, that is exactly what we have seen this year (and really since the 2008 crisis, which never ended for those on the lower rungs of the ladder).
The fundamental problem is money is NOT speech and buying tax policy and write offs is NOT good governance.
Top tax bracket should be 90% of every dollar over $100M in accumulated wealth. If you can pay the tax bill under that system and STILL be a billionaire, then more power to you, I tip my cap to your product/service/enterprise and appreciate your contributions to a just and equitable society. However, when I see assholes taking genetic therapy, engineered nutrition, hormone replacements and blood transfusions of younger blood AND these same assholes party with a dictator, ignore the plight of their exploited workers and build literally dick shaped rockets to waste millions per launch to "go to space", I want to vomit.
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