Assuming their wealth was acquired legally, why do you think you should be able to "do something about it"? Wouldn't that require initiation of force, or threat of same? From where would you derive the authority to deprive someone of the legally acquired property?
That isnt always true, but at least there are elections.
The last of which got us Donald Freaking Trump, Jeff Sessions, Kellyanne Conway, and the other Stooges.
Progressive taxation in life, inheritance taxes in death. The economy wouldn't collapse if there were fewer people with billions and a lot more people with retirement accounts and proper health care. It worked well enough in the 50s and 60s that we could afford apollo.
That isnt always true, but at least there are elections.
The last of which got us Donald Freaking Trump, Jeff Sessions, Kellyanne Conway, and the other Stooges.