

Businesses as a rule will always rush to ignore caution during setup and then will kill or consume all competition when they become established. But the little guy can’t compete with the state - no way to kill it or starve it of money. the next best thing the business can do is lie or play the victim.
Knowing about something and implementing it are two different things. The wealth tax was actively suppressed by the wealthy and there was no democracy to appeal the decision of the decision makers. Your idea that a thing exists and therefore it is now the new normal is naive.