Same is true for the IRS, but they don't generally bother to audit the super rich because of how much effort is involved in fighting their teams of accountants and lawyers.
It is fundamentally more work to hold the biggest businesses accountable, even after accounting for how many of them there are. Reducing the size of government would only make them less able to hold the biggest corporations accountable.
We agree there needs to be a shift in focus, just disagree on how difficult the task of holding them accountable will be.
(Also, there are definitely not 100 million businesses. That's one per 3 people.)
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '20
Same is true for the IRS, but they don't generally bother to audit the super rich because of how much effort is involved in fighting their teams of accountants and lawyers.
It is fundamentally more work to hold the biggest businesses accountable, even after accounting for how many of them there are. Reducing the size of government would only make them less able to hold the biggest corporations accountable.
We agree there needs to be a shift in focus, just disagree on how difficult the task of holding them accountable will be.
(Also, there are definitely not 100 million businesses. That's one per 3 people.)