Billionaires have an unhealthy concentration of power, but they don’t have a billion on their bank account. They own companies that are worth that much. They also aren’t necessarily assholes.
Germany has many medium sized companies. They mostly treat their employees really well. Good pay, guaranteed jobs for their kids, etc. Many for sure are worth over a billion. And they are privately owned, so the owners are billionaires or close to it. So what is supposed to happen to those companies ownerships? Would it really be better if they are publicly owned?
I’ve come around to think that a wealth tax is necessary, but it’s for sure complicated.
I don’t see how taxation changes the balance of power. Their power is not, as you said, the size of their bank account, but in their ownership of the company’s assets. They also don’t create the company’s value with their work. The employees do.
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Billionaires have an unhealthy concentration of power, but they don’t have a billion on their bank account. They own companies that are worth that much. They also aren’t necessarily assholes.
Germany has many medium sized companies. They mostly treat their employees really well. Good pay, guaranteed jobs for their kids, etc. Many for sure are worth over a billion. And they are privately owned, so the owners are billionaires or close to it. So what is supposed to happen to those companies ownerships? Would it really be better if they are publicly owned?
I’ve come around to think that a wealth tax is necessary, but it’s for sure complicated.
You may think having cash in your pockets is better because you are poor but having billions in companies and assets or owning the bank is better.
Treating slaves slightly better does not make them free men.
I don’t see how taxation changes the balance of power. Their power is not, as you said, the size of their bank account, but in their ownership of the company’s assets. They also don’t create the company’s value with their work. The employees do.