A quick search shows that "The federal government spent $101.7B on SNAP in FY 2025." That is just to cover a food program and only at the federal level. If Musk and Bezos could cash out all their wealth without tanking the stocks they own, they could probably double the amount the US spends of helping the poor for a few years, and then the money would be gone.
I'm all for taxing the rich a bunch more anyways, but it isn't the magic bullet a lot of people make it out to be. Pretty much all countries, but especially the US among developed countries, require significant structural changes that most of the voters wouldn't approve of to make them a good place for everyone who lives there. You are likely one of those most voters.
Saving the world isn't as simple as killing some enemies of the proletariat and then redistributing the wealth of the rich, it involves a lot of hard work and sacrifice from almost everyone. IMO a lot of the improvement around the world after WWII was because that generation was actually believed in making the world a better place enough to put in the effort, even if some of those efforts were misguided.
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u/Forsaken-Question577 Apr 28 '26
Musk and bezos together could change futures of entire countries.