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Martin Eden

(15,501 posts)
4. NOBODY deserves billions
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:15 AM
Yesterday

Such wealth can only be accumulated on the backs of others, most of whom are not paid enough to own a home, send kids to college, and afford a serious medical condition.

Profits are of course necessary to invest in research, new innovations in products & service, and to build manufacturing plants. However, there must be better ways to craft finance & tax laws to enable & encourage such investment without permitting a privileged billionaire class that hoards money and exercises tremendous political power which corrupts our representative democracy.

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