Illustration: “Because so much money creeps into my sack, the whole world climbs into my hole” (1568), Jan Wierix
Traditionally, throughout history, the rich have robbed the poor. This is so deeply accepted as a norm, that a greed-crazed billionaire will characterize helping the poor as "criminal".
There are no U.S. laws that contain the footnote: "Super-wealthy individuals may ignore this."
If I had more wealth than anyone in the world, and if I also wanted people to admire and respect me, I would provide food for the hungry and medicine for the sick. I would repair bridges and roads. I would build affordable housing.
On the other hand, if I had all that wealth and wanted to make people hate me, while attracting the admiration of sadists and criminals, I'd cut off supplies of food and medicine to babies and others who really need it. I would build only projects that were flashy and ego-pumping.
How we really choose to use the resources that are available to us tells more about our value as human beings than any speeches, slogans, or promises we speak.
Eat the rich, and you feed your family for a day.
Tax the rich, and you feed them for life.
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