that doesn't matter because it doesn't help the 86 million people and the other 200 million mentioned in the article.
Of course it does. Business is jobs and economic growth. Real jobs, real growth..not government created jobs by a government that doesn't need to operate in the confines of reality, like a private business does.
no billionaire spends a sizable portion of their assets on a trillion lolipops or something. they spend nothing.
I said goods and services, that isn't exclusive to lollipops, that's just silly. Objective reality...even subjective reality can not deny that rich people purchase homes, cars, clothes, food, etc.
where did you get that from
Experience. Also common sense would be enough for anyone that didn't have experience. If I am a farmer and the government takes over my business and tells me I can no longer charge market value for my goods but caps it to a lower or current amount...I won't be a farmer for long because the costs will increase, my profits will diminish, disappear or stagnate at best.
Again, the vast majority of people tend to work in order to not simply survive day to day but to increase their wealth for down times, unexpected life events and to have a more enjoyable life.
If humanity's ancestors simply were satisfied with day to day survival, you would not have this internet to communicate through or much of anything else above simple tools to hunt and gather food.