Just Be Rich
Income inequality is growing, yes.  But are the wealthy somehow responsible for it?  Is their &quot;getting richer&quot; directly responsible for it?  There seems to be a growing consensus on the left that they are.  I have yet to see a convincing argument to show this though.<p>Someone who builds a company worth 100m didn&#x27;t have to steal money from me (or anyone else) to do it.  If they did steal, then that&#x27;s what needs fixed.  Prevent the stealing.<p>The individual who has 100k to invest can watch that 100k grow if they invest wisely over time.  They can pile the earnings on top of their savings from their salary, and get richer faster than someone without the 100k invested.  The rest of us who don&#x27;t have 100k to invest don&#x27;t see that same benefit--but merely because the 1% chooses to invest and to watch their money grow isn&#x27;t a bad thing.  Now if they&#x27;re doing corrupt things with that money, then yea--fix that.<p>This concept of a wealth tax &quot;fixing&quot; income inequality is folly.  It won&#x27;t fix anything.  It&#x27;s at best a band-aid attempting to treat a symptom caused from underlying issues.  We need to treat those underlying issues--not the symptom.  Wealth tax happens to garner a lot of support though because many of the 99% love the idea of receiving something for free that&#x27;s taken from the 1%.  But it&#x27;s not the governments job to legalize theft and pick the winners and losers, it&#x27;s the governments job to fix the underlying issues.