Sure, it's possible the law will be written in such a short-sighted way that it won't take inflation into account in any way.
It's also possible that in the future, another law will be passed that expands this law to affect people who could not reasonably be considered "very wealthy".
But if the former happens, that's fixable, and also unlikely to affect ordinary people due to simple inflation for a good long time, so there's plenty of opportunity to fix it. And if the latter happens, that's when you need to fight it.
There is a very real, very serious problem with income and wealth inequality in this country. Study after study shows that the inequality is real, and that it is causing a raft of issues, from psychological to economic to political. It's really hard, at this point, to take seriously anyone who says we shouldn't try to fix that by reducing the inequality, especially if their only argument is, "Watch out! If the government comes for their billions, soon they'll come for your billions! Er, I mean millions! Er, I mean thousands!"
> Sure, it's possible the law will be written in such a short-sighted way that it won't take inflation into account in any way.
And when it's you that's likely affected where such short-sightedness to happen, and when there are multiple examples of such short-sightedness just in these comments already, I think that is a worry. Also, since the party proposing the law tends to have socialist and postmodern-Marxist leanings, there's even a potential motive for some less honest short-sightedness. Because, after all, inequality is a serious issue.
Sure, it's possible the law will be written in such a short-sighted way that it won't take inflation into account in any way.
It's also possible that in the future, another law will be passed that expands this law to affect people who could not reasonably be considered "very wealthy".
But if the former happens, that's fixable, and also unlikely to affect ordinary people due to simple inflation for a good long time, so there's plenty of opportunity to fix it. And if the latter happens, that's when you need to fight it.
There is a very real, very serious problem with income and wealth inequality in this country. Study after study shows that the inequality is real, and that it is causing a raft of issues, from psychological to economic to political. It's really hard, at this point, to take seriously anyone who says we shouldn't try to fix that by reducing the inequality, especially if their only argument is, "Watch out! If the government comes for their billions, soon they'll come for your billions! Er, I mean millions! Er, I mean thousands!"