It is $6 trillion. Will last for less than two years.

JonFish85 · on Jan 31, 2016

That's assuming there isn't a loss of value in being forced to liquidate $6T in holdings, which there certainly would be. For every seller there has to be a buyer and most eligible buyers would be having their assets seized by the government.

danenania · on Jan 31, 2016

Right, which is significantly more than the parent indicated.

I'm not claiming that simply taking all the billionaires' wealth is any kind of solution, but that doesn't justify obscuring the facts.

atemerev · on Jan 31, 2016

The parent indicated "perhaps a year". In fact, "slightly less than two years". Not a big difference.

danenania · on Feb 1, 2016

Twice as much is not a big difference?

kika · on Feb 1, 2016

No. Because these $6T are not liquid money. Once you cash these assets out, you'll get $3T if you're very, very lucky.

ryanlol · on Feb 1, 2016

It's obviously not $6 trillion in cash...