11 Shocking Things The Richest Americans Could Do For The Country (But Never Would)

[Dreamer Tatum]

1. I hate shit like this

First of all, that's not $1.3T in INCOME, that's $1.3T in WEALTH.

OK - let's say we confiscate that wealth to do everything in the graphic. Gee, you have to monetize that wealth, don't you? I mean, Toyota doesn't to be paid in real estate or restricted stock for the 100,000,000 cars we'll be buying from them.

So let's put an ad in Craigslist and sell that shit to get the money to pay Toyota. Oh, wait - you took the wealth that people had to buy most of that stuff, and you've glutted the market, anyway. That $1.3T suddenly isn't worth $1.3T, is it? Flooding the market and carving out the buyers will do that to you.