Well I think we all understand the basic arithmetic; that's not what's in dispute.

The question is,

> even without taking into account how that money was redistributed.

...if you're taking money from people earning $11 million, and giving it instead of the military and prison industrial complexes, obviously you've concentrated, rather than diluting power.

I think there's a real question about how possible it is for a taxation regime to ever have a progressive effect inside the belly of empire.