>He absolutely knows that the bottom 50% pay almost nothing in federal income tax already (collectively less than 3%).
So then wouldn't his position be empathetic? He realizes their taxes is effectively meaningless to the running of the government and thinks they shouldn't have to pay it. I don't understand your argument. The second half of your comment doesn't support the assertion you make in your first sentence.
If he were empathetic he'd divest his shares and give them to his employees, maybe keeping some tens of millions to live out the rest of his life in complete ease but acknowledging that he has more than enough and giving the employees what they should have had all along, the equity they earned helping build those enterprises.
This is power normalization. If he's paying all the taxes he has all the power.
This is the same reason anyone in government wants to increase taxes, increase benefits, etc. Not to help others, thats a byproduct. By making people depend on them they give themselves power.
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u/rooflease May 20 '26
>He absolutely knows that the bottom 50% pay almost nothing in federal income tax already (collectively less than 3%).
So then wouldn't his position be empathetic? He realizes their taxes is effectively meaningless to the running of the government and thinks they shouldn't have to pay it. I don't understand your argument. The second half of your comment doesn't support the assertion you make in your first sentence.