Scott Galloway: Stop Demonizing Billionaires and Start Taxing them | Office Hours

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Asset owners can defer taxes, while high-income wage earners lose a substantial share of income every year.
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AI's capital-expenditure boom is the second-largest share of GDP devoted to a buildout in history, behind only the Louisiana Purchase.
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In 2025, the five largest technology companies spent more on capital expenditure than the entire global oil and gas industry invested in production.
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Infrastructure buildouts above roughly 2–3% of GDP have historically been followed by crashes within two or three years.
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Ending most U.S. Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy credits early is projected to cut new clean-energy additions to the grid by 50–70% by 2035.
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The United States experienced major growth, productivity, and optimism when top marginal tax rates reached 60–70%, sometimes 90%.
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Data-center electricity demand grew 17% in 2025, versus 3% globally, and is projected to double by 2030 while AI demand triples.
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Progressive coalitions risk elections by alienating young men, white voters, and wealthy Democrats who may support progressive taxation.
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Alcohol can make personal writing feel more emotionally open, but it can also build addiction without adding artistic ability.
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If AI's bottleneck is power, innovation may focus on chips, inference, and data centers that require less energy.
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THC may be especially risky for people with personal or family histories of schizophrenia, psychosis, or addiction.
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THC’s anxiety and paranoia risk keeps one user’s edible use at home, not social outings.
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Restore progressive taxation with a sober, competent argument, not identity-based demonization.
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Extreme wealth and power concentrations are dangerous. Power corrupts absolutely when accountability is weak.

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