Reply #75: What we really need is a maximum standard

[JFN1]

Why does ANYONE "need" a billion dollars? More than a minimum standard, we meed a maximum standard, whereby what an individual produces above the maximum is returned to society.

Crazy? Why?

Think about what changes this could produce - for one, it would temper this fascination with extreme wealth we all seem to carry with us. For another it would FORCE the wealthy to be socially responsible. And most of all, it would remove the specter of financial obesity from our culture, to be replaced with...well, I don't know what, but it has to be better than the simple pursuit of personal wealth - which is the entire focus of our culture now...