Let's be honest and acknowledge that we are seeing a rapid movement

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31. Thomas Paine was a wealthy craftsman.

The people who actually fought and died were mostly average people, except for the few commanders that died in fights.

I see the point that you want to make, the wealthy are absorbing more and more of the country's wealth. It is just that I see more complex reasons for that than collusive scheming by the rich (although, that is certainly part of the mix). The effect of robotics and AI is being talked about by only one candidate, Yang. The increasing use of robots and AI has had two major impacts, IMO, the use has depressed wages majorly and it has increased income inequality and failure of small businesses that can't afford robots and AI. Hillary Clinton proposed a tax on robots and AI and I felt that was an excellent idea. I also favor up to a maximum 50% tax on gross profits and would want that tax to be truly progressive such that companies that are making massive gross profits pay more dollars in taxes. I view a wealth tax as problematic due to issues with how it would need to be applied.