We are PRIVATE citizens, the government should know very little if anything about us at all.
They are PUBLIC officials, we should know damn near everything about what they are doing.
The cameras are pointed the wrong way.
I’ve came to terms with the fact that I really am allowed to feel however I want to feel about any situation, without anyone else having to understand why I feel the way I do.
Most billionaires’ wealth is in the form of stock in the companies they created, unlike multi-millionaire musicians who typically have a larger % liquid assets like cash.
If they sell their stock and give it away, they lose control of their companies. Musicians on the other hand can still retain ownership of their creative works even if they give everything away.
It wouldn’t be reasonable to ask her to sell all the rights to her music to feed the poor, obviously. We also shouldn’t act like billionaires are bad people just because they want to hold their stock in the company they created. Creating a valuable company is a good thing, not a bad thing. It has all kinds of positive ramifications for society and the economy.
Economic activity and growth is the true engine to eliminate poverty. Not simply giving your company away.
Sounds great to say, very populist, but doesn’t actually make people better off.