How did USA become such a messed up country?

[Elldallan]

the problem is not whether companies distribute enough to the employees. Doing this will add another layer of costs to the companies, and they already have too many regulations slapped on them. This is why they are running to countries with less regulations and government interventions. Regulations are why lots of small businesses are finding it hard to compete. Small businesses are already constrained, now you want to constrain big businesses?

Having companies keep their money is not a problem. The money is savings. Savings create more investments. An economy grows through savings and investments.

I sort of agree with this, as long as the wealth stays with a company and they keep reinvesting it it isn't a problem, it drives the economy. The problem arises when they sit on the cash or make huge payouts to stock owners(especially when these payouts ends up with a select few individuals), or when they buy off policitians.

I support this idea. A % cap and handed to the state for benefits etc. Sorted.

I wasn't talking about a cap, not a hard one at least, what I meant was that if you earn $10 the tax is 0%, if you earn $50k it's more, if you earn $10B it's 98%. And yes the curve is exaggerated, I'm not trying to come up with exact numbers, merely give a rough understanding of what I mean.
The general idea is that the more you make the more tax you pay as a percentage of that income, but you also get to keep more in terms of absolute money because 2% of $10B is still more then 100% of $10. So there is still an incitement to make more money because even if the state taketh more of it away you still end up richer in terms of disposable money.