• vithigar@lemmy.ca
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    2 hours ago

    Billionaires aren’t sitting on billions in currency held in banking accounts. They are holding billions in assets which are valued at those numbers. You couldn’t just take all of Bezo’s “wealth” above $1b without liquidating most of Amazon.

    Not that I disagree with you in principle, it’s just not as simple as your proposed solution requires.