That point came and went ages ago when Congress failed to identify spectacular antitrust violations because Congress has no understanding of online commerce.

He could single-handedly solve a huge number of global existential issues. His progeny could not spend this money in centuries. Yet he just has that oily smile and does nothing for anyone.

It is really bad for the economy for wealth to be highly concentrated and stagnant in few hands. We need money to flow throughout the economy through as many hands as possible as it encourages action, innovation, problem solving, etc.

Yes, obviously. There should be no billionaires. No one needs more than 999 million dollars. No one.

the crazy old lady with 4000 egg cartons is far less dangerous than the guy with $200 billion

It's not like he has $200 billion just sitting in the bank... it's tied up in stocks. As Amazon stock price increases, so does his net wealth. It's that simple.

Yeah, like 199.9 billion dollars ago

Dont worry folks, the golden showers will come soon enough you just have to believe in trickle down economics hard enough!!

Money is the lifeblood of the economy. The real economy where people live. Hoarding money drains the lifeblood from the economy. From 1951-63, America's boom years, the top marginal tax rate was 91-92%. Bezos pays 0%. He sucks the lifeblood from the economy. The real economy.

It was roughly $199.9 billion ago.