But I can’t go back on my word! It’ll show the voters I’m not blindly prideful, and that’s what they expect of me! Oh whatever shall I do? I certainly can’t let the opponent win
This is true, what can be done is simply ending their welfare and passing something that isn't so much a cap, but a controlled income ratio; as in you can only make 100x the wage of the person you employ who earns the least; because making 4,000-10,000x the amount of your lowest paid employee, who is most likely doing physical labor, is absolutely disgusting, no matter how "smart" you are as a businessman/woman.
Genius.