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7. I don't think it's about consumption.

Tue May 19, 2026, 12:53 AM

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A thousand millionaires will have at least one thousand homes filled with furniture and the rest, at least one thousand cars, and they will each consume 3 meals a day.
The one billionaire on the other hand with the same net worth does not consume or contribute anywhere near that much to the economy. He can only live in so many homes, buy so many yachts and drive so many cars. He definitely won't be eating 3,000 meals a day.
These people are all competing with each other to see who's going to reach that magical $1 trillion first. The rest of us don't count.
Why on earth would Zuckerberg or META need or deserve a $3 billion tax break anyways? Would he build his data center in Bangladesh if he didn't get it?

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