"Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity Tax the rich, feed the poor 'Til there are no rich no more? I'd love to change the world But I don't know what to do So I'll leave it up to you" https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858507037/
"The golden goose"! I needed a good laugh. As if the "rich" were the source of what makes America great.
"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."
But that's the problem is not now nor has it ever been wealth or money it has always been the corrupting influence of power. Those with power can always acquire money
And this post fails basic math. You could tax them at 100%, and you still wouldn't have enough money to "provide food, shelter, medical care for all people in need".
Providing food, shelter and medical care for all in need may be difficult, but it is very well within the capacity of USA.
Sure, and we already do that. Very few people here lack for any of those things: food: starvation is almost unheard of in America, outside of a handful of cases of child / elderly abuse. Virtually nobody lacks for food here. In fact, obesity is a far more serious public health issue. shelter: 99.8% of the population has housing. medical care: anyone who needs help can walk into an emergency room and get treatment.
1) About a million people are homeless in USA. 2) Tens of millions of people lack reasonable medical care.
So your argument is that it's really 99.7% that have housing? *shrug* ok, I'll accept your correction without asking about it's source and point out that my point here is unchanged by it. As far as medical care goes, you'll have to elaborate a bit more about how you're measuring "reasonable medical care".
"Strange women lying in ponds, distributing swords is no basis for a system of governance" watery tart threw her sword at you
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If any "thing" needs destruction it is the hypnosis of materialism and the blindness to what is important and the basis of all value; life.
You can confiscate all the things Microsoft owns. All the server farms, t lines, etc, but that might not be nearly enough to manifest its real wealth. This brings up an interesting idea. Could you make a true socialist stock exchange by having all companies reduced to stock and all people given one share in all of them? You could then let people sell their shares to each other, maybe for bitcoins they get for work?