If All Personal Wealth Above $100 Million Went to Infrastructure, What Would Actually Happen?

Key Takeaways Redirecting all wealth above $100 million that the richest have could fund the many infrastructure upgrades the U.S. needs. But wealth extraction would forced asset sales across the economy, potentially depressing stocks and other markets and decreasing the value of regular Americans' retirement accounts. Economists say infrastructure works best with steady, predictable funding—not one-time windfalls from massive wealth seizures. A recent AskReddit post posed the following question: ...