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This is a straw man. Even if the top richest people paid an additional 16 billion in taxes that would run the gov for like a day. Our problem is with spending.

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I’m not sure where that 16 billion figure came from, but what about the top 100 businesses?

The ones that have been gaming the tax system for 3 decades?

I agree. We don't spend enough money on everything, most notably housing.

The top earners only need so many houses and places to live, even including corporate housing.

The median population doesn’t have the money to spend.

Isn't that a problem caused by inflation which is driven (right now) by gov spending.

No. Artificial inflation where the median wage doesn't adjust is from a handful of key industries and it's rippled across.

Focusing on government spending is a distraction.

How can we possibly spend more?

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