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So Zuckerberg, Bezos, etc. probably don't even HAVE 5% of their wealth in cash, or anything remotely near that.

So this is what I don't understand about these plans. For Zuckerberg/Bezos to pay the 5% tax, they'd probably have to sell 5% of their stock in Meta/Amazon. IOW, for the government to collect the proposed $11 billion in taxes from them, these guys would probably have to sell $11 billion of their companies' stock. Even assuming there are enough buyers with enough cash to buy that enormous amount of stock that would suddenly be offered to purchase, having all of that stock suddenly "for sale" will drive down the price of the stock, meaning...

... all other owners of the stock will be taking a loss in THEIR net value as the price of the stock goes down, as the market is flooded with additional shares for sale, and

... Zuckerberg/Bazos would probably have to sell MORE than 5% of that stock (perhaps a lot more) to raise enough revenue to pay the tax, because the more shares they sell, they less they can get for them.

And they'd have to do it again every year!

Who would even want to own a stock that will be flooded with a tremendous amount of dilution every year?

Maybe I misunderstand this, but this whole concept has never made sense to me. Am I missing something? Can someone explain to me how this is supposed to work?