The current consensus among economists is that increasing inequality will lead to disaster for the entire economy, while decreasing inequality actually increases growth.<p>Sure, you&#x27;re right that nothing is set in stone, and you could have a country that has low inequality but it&#x27;s still a terrible place to live by other metrics, but this is useless hypothesizing and speculation. What evidence do you have to support the statement that &quot;An extreme progressive tax plus startups will STILL increase inequality. Not decrease.&quot; Seems to me, in the years when the top marginal tax rates were higher, those were some of the years with the least income inequality in American history.<p>Why not look at what people who study our current economies are saying instead of speculating?<p>From the IMF:<p>&quot;We find that increasing the income share of the poor and the middle class actually increases growth while a rising income share of the top 20 percent results in lower growth—that is, when the rich get richer, benefits do not trickle down.&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.imf.org&#x2F;external&#x2F;pubs&#x2F;cat&#x2F;longres.aspx?sk=42986.0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.imf.org&#x2F;external&#x2F;pubs&#x2F;cat&#x2F;longres.aspx?sk=42986....</a>