Zarmeck

You're forgetting that this money would exchange hands multiple times per year, per person. Expenses are revenues; we're all connected.

But when some people put billions aside (in non tangible stuff like stocks), they're effectively reducing the buying power of everyone else. Slowly but surely. They are a net negative just by their mere existence.

With big corps, it's never that simple.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish