Further, if they’re so brilliant, won’t they just be able to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps and make another quick billion? If what they bring to companies really is so valuable that they’re paid like Gods of Olympus, then those valuable skills they bring should be able to build them back up almost instantly.
“If we raise taxes, they’ll leave for another country and take their wealth with them.”
This is such a cop-out. Like, oh no, they’ll go steal from the working poor somewhere else. Whatever will we do without them? 🙄
Further, if they’re so brilliant, won’t they just be able to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps and make another quick billion? If what they bring to companies really is so valuable that they’re paid like Gods of Olympus, then those valuable skills they bring should be able to build them back up almost instantly.