Take all the money from ALL those CEO's and hand it out to all the poor, and it would make zero difference in anything.
But a Democrat will always try to divide the people into groups to fight each other.
First, that's not what is being endorsed. Second, even if that was the case, it actually WOULD make a difference. See, when a lot of money is in the hands of a few, much tends to become hoarded. When the same sum is in the hands of many, a far greater proportion is spent, driving demand and production. When tax rates changed dramatically under Reagan, hoarding was encouraged at the top. Corporate profits funneled to higher salaries at the top, while downsizing and wage stagnation followed further down. With less corporate tax income, there's less money to upgrade infrastructure -- and, thus, fewer infrastructure-building jobs available. Remember the Hoover Dam? Why don't we see huge projects like that being done anymore?
The inevitable consequence of unrestrained capitalism is feudalism. That a middle class arose previously in Europe was due to the anomaly of various plagues which wiped out large numbers of people, creating a demand for labor as the population decreased. What restrained it during our prosperity years were the higher tax rates for upper incomes, and government spending on projects which "built America" and employed many -- who then had more money for buying goods, which spurred production, which meant more jobs available, etc.
But those relatively few who benefit from the current situation know that the party will end when enough people wake up. So they get people to vote against their own financial interests by embracing emotionally-charged issues, and finance their campaigns with huge donations from those who want to keep things running as they are. They sell you on promises of lower taxes for you, not mentioning the huge breaks -- or even rebates -- offered in the same plan for those who will continue hoarding. And in the meantime, we have crumbling roads and people willing to work on fixing them, but no one willing to foot the bill.
