I believe that the incessant lust for more wealth is a sickness. If Bozo had a button he could push to double his wealth, how many times would he push it? I think he would go farther insane.
No, cause a share of $200 billion is used in investing. Also people are making the number grow thru voluntary transactions so I don’t think hoarding is the right word.
We can (and should) raise capital gains, whenever Bezos liquidates any of his stock, but unless you plan on nationalizing Amazon, how do you even propose taking his stock away from him?
That is to say, you have to redefine property in the US to pull that off.
When you enrich the lives of everyone in society by bringing huge innovations and accessibility to the marketplace... your net worth will continue to rise.
When you are ONLY a consumer who does not also bring value... your net worth will continue to fall.
We should not characterize it as him “earning this money”.
He is actually pulling this money out of the system. Money that could go towards health care, education, infrastructure, etc.