I think you guys are short sighted. The problem is when political power combines with corporate greed. Almost every problem we are having in the US is due to elite billionaires and giant corporations that are buying our policies. We are starting to feel it, and we are powerless to stand against it. If you think otherwise, you're deluding yourself. Atlas Shrugged is fine and all, right up until corporations get the keys to the government and start using their greed to curb competition. I don't want to restrict what someone earns, but I do want to restrict how that gets leveraged against the people. That should be a key role of the government. I'd be open to restricting how much people can use their money to influence federal policies, except our system is so corrupt and convoluted that I don't think you can even manage that anymore.

This idea I have been working on is born out of an idea that you will always have some kind of class, and if you try let the government create equality, they will just end up stealing your money. People with power will exploit that power to take other people's money. This is human nature 101, and too many people don't give it it's due. Progressives foolishly believe the government will be altruistic and transparent, and conservatives think that corporate greed will be checked by the free market. Well, the government is corrupt and the free market isn't free. At some point, you guys need to stop being ideologues and start recognizing the harsh reality of the situation.

This idea I am toying with solves a lot of problems without giving the money to the government to be siphon off by the elites, incentivizes citizens and business to be innovative and productive for their own business, and minimizes the disparity of power that comes from money funneling upwards, all way pushing more money down to the workers who are used to carry out the visions of the companies. If we don't find someway to balance corporate greed with human welfare, we are going to end up in a bad place. This stuff ALWAYS spirals out of control to the detriment of the common man.

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