is the new "normal".

a) This is a stupid counter.
b) google many people control most of the stocks, and you get: "how Just 10% of American households control the vast majorityâ"roughly 93%â"of all individually held stocks and mutual funds. Within that top tier, a remarkably smaller fraction drives the highest concentration; the top 1% of households owns half of all U.S. corporate equities"

So, I"m right, and you are supporting the ultrawealthy while being poor yourself (otherwise, you wouldn't be posting on slashdot.)

I prefer Bruce Schneir and his co-author's plan. https://www.schneier.com/blog/...

You're an asshole.

Different American, that is, the 90% of us (I suppose I can assume you're a Russian troll), rather than 80 or so people who control it all.

Did the Kool-Aid (tm) taste good? Did yuo have to pay for it?

Let's try "paying the majority of employees starvation wages, such that some of them need food stamps (Walmart has an actual division to halp employees, many of whom they do not want to make full time, and pay benefits, to help them get food stamps). And then they pay *NO* taxes (Mu$k? Tesla?), but you're paying taxes...

Ghu, you're stupid. And you're no millionaire, since you're posting here.

Oh, yeah. How much in the way of assets does the DSA have (I should check, I need to re-up my membership)?

Billionaires, and trillion dollar companies paying *no* taxes, and you're a millionaire with a temporary cash-flow problem.

In other words, you're too stupid to live on your own.

Garbage regulations like IP create these behemoths. If you want freedom, stop regulating monopolies into existence.

ISTM that the perps are most often social conservatives, such as leaders of regressive religions.

If that's the case, I shudder to think what it was like in the Middle Ages. Or in certain countries today.

"No money exchanged hands in the making of this contract."

Statism creates billionaires.

Fleeing with hoarded money isn't likely to hurt the state.

IIRC, moderately high wages are taxed at a higher rate than capital gains.

Actually, we need to roll back decades of tax cuts so we can afford our civilization.

Can you support that claim?

Also, more productive for whom?

I remember reading somewhere that Apple kind of foresaw this coming and purchased extra memory so they wouldn't have to raise prices as long as possible.

It looks like they've reached the end of their extra supply.