Wealth is created, and there is no limit to how much can be created.

The beauty of capitalism is that it uses the human inclination to act in one's selt-interest for the benefit of society at large (generally speaking). In a capitalist system, one can only become wealthy (legally) by serving the needs of others -- i.e., providing a good or service that other people are willing to pay for. The vendor benefits by creating wealth for himself by selling his work product at a profit, and the buyer also benefits by receiving something that they value more than the money used to pay for it, thus increasing their own wealth. The incentive to create wealth is driven in part by taxes on that wealth-creation -- the higher the tax, the lower the incentive, and vice versa.

Bezos is obscenely wealthy, yes, but he also created one of the greatest inventions of all-time, which has benefited mankind greatly -- that's why hundreds of millions of people use it voluntarily. I'm no fan of him personally or his politics, but I have no problem with his wealth. He earned it. He took a huge personal risk to start Amazon, and it paid off. Anyone else could have done the same, and many tried and failed or achieved lesser success. Good for him. His success will spur others to take risks to create other great inventions, thereby benefiting society.

Your last paragraph looks at an issue -- "federal services" -- through a different lens than I do. You look at is as though person B is entitled to those services, but person B is not entitled to those services. Those services are only provided via the confiscation of someone else's wealth. That's not a right -- it's socialism, communism, theft or whatever else you want to call it. Your real complaint is that other people don't want to use their own money to pay for the things you think they should pay for. I'd say that's an issue with you (however much your heart might be in the right place), not with them.

[Post edited by Los Angeles Hoo at 06/09/2021 12:27PM]