I use to defend all the rich from the looting of the liberals, but then I saw that most of these rich guys are democrats. So now I say let them defend themselves. I am not going to waste my time defending them if they are liberals anyway.
Of course since Bill Gates money in mostly in MicroSoft stock than that would trash the value of the outstanding shares in all the Pensions and 401k’s. Back in the 90’s the girls up at city hall were repeating the theory that if “we” took all of Bill Gates’ money that everyone would get $500,000. Of course they all said they’d quit their jobs for a while. Yeah, so would a lot of people. Want a beer in a bar? $50! Food? Forget it. Empty shelves. All the pickers went back to Mexico with their $500,000.
You know, it’s really not about “defending the rich”. Some billionaire’s money is harmless as long as it stays in their own hands - but heaven help us when we fall into the hands of a well-funded bureaucracy.