re: Scott Walker (and Others Like Him) Are Not Winning the Twitter Game

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Secondly, billionaires are not like the rest of us. Most were born with off the charts IQs or abilities (inherited) or have had tremendous luck (not earned). Bill Gates grew up right down the street from one of the only places in the world that had the computer program he would have needed to get where he is

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I can't be certain but it seems there is some type of discrimination going on here. Such as Bolshevism? Or perhaps modern day Venezuela? Eat the Rich and all suffer. But whatever, dude.

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So, she's right?

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No, that's the problem! Just because someone has money or has made it in life - monetarily - does not make him/her evil or required to pay substantially more of their earnings to the government than anyone else.

Just because they have "more than they need" doesn't mean squat. I have a house and two cars, two four-wheelers and some other toys. Theoretically I only NEED the house and one of the cars, should I be FORCED give the rest away to the government? What determines the amount someone "needs?" It's totally arbitrary and grounds for abuse, and is the beginning of a slippery slope to soft communism.

You want to punish successful individuals by forcing them to give more of their money to the government, when they reap the exact same rewards from the government as someone who pays in substantially less. Not only that, a big chunk of that government money they're paying will go to jobless people sitting on their asses while the successful individual has worked to build that life and income.

How can anyone defend that as a good idea or acceptable?