Do people think he’s just liquid 200 billion? I mean don’t get me wrong he’s Uber rich but he’s not sitting on 200 mill cash. Most of his wealth is prolly in stocks. Wanna take his wealth? Stop buying from amazon.
We’ve been buying everything outside of amazon, “directly from sellers” and often it is getting shipped from amazon all the same... but yeah, when your cash stacks to the moon and back there should be a cap on that.
Marianne by definition it matters, come on. Even if he could be forced to sell it, him doing it in the amounts most of us would want would literally cause the stock to be worth less, and would thus fetch a far lower price.
You want to tackle Amazon, VAT and higher capital gains.
Marianne he will re-distribute the resources through foundations and other philanthropy. Howard Buffet lives in our town and has done wonders for the community.
The nuances of how much spending power someone has, especially when they are vilified for having it, definitely matters.
Instead of talking about how to take away from the wealthy, let’s talk about how to make sure citizens at large are not taken advantage of.
