doubles his taxes
Bezos continues to pay $0 in taxes
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Was going to say this, he's technically right because he pays so little in taxes to begin with. I am honestly more of a believer in a flat tax for the rich now than progressive tax structure. But they'd find some way to weasel out of it so there's only one solution to them.
Bezos is right. 2 x 0 = 0
You could take 90% of his wealth and he’d still have more than 99.999% of the rest of the country.
He didn’t earn that money. He’s just a squatter making money on everyone else’s work. Stfu you whiner, Bezos.
The guy with all the money says that other people getting some of the money wouldn't help them.
And in the US a huge number of people just nod along because our culture tells us that net worth = human worth = intelligence = trustworthiness.
There's no continuing the thought, like if the money won't help struggling teachers then why is it so important that it stay with the person who already has ten thousand times the amount of money that would make a teacher rich and set for life?
Have you heard the song 'If I were a rich man' from Fiddler on the roof? One of the lyrics was that if he was a rich man people would flock to him ask him questions that 'would cross a Rabbi's eyes' meaning they would be complicated. And he says that it would not matter if he was wrong or right since being rich alone is what gives you credibility.
"I promise you, it wouldn't work. Actually, it'd make everything worse. So just trust me and don't try it. It's for your own good. I know what I'm talking about. You know I'd never lie, right? So no matter what happens, don't try it. Okay?"
Let's try it and see, you may have conflicting goals
You could kill Epstein and it's not gonna make a difference I promise
I have a great idea, we'll take all his billions, and set them on fire. No tax! And all of a sudden, inflation goes the other way for a day
Edit: spelling
this is one of my things. you get these arguments about how well the government may spend the money but even if great wealth was taxed and burnt like you say it would have massive good effects on the economy. Its wealth disparity that is the problem.
taxes for lower salary workers is to high becuase we do not collect enough on wealth. At this point to much wealth does not come from work but if we taxed all income regardless of source then it should be 0% until about 100k and then 5% until 200k and 10% until 400k and 15% until 700k and 20% until 1 mil and 25% until 2mil and 30% until 10mil and 35% until 20mil and 40% until 40 mil and 45% until 100mil and 50% for everything over that. Its so rediculous what we don't tax at all and when we do tax the highest has been hovering around 30% since we started having growing debt again. Then to boot the highest rate stars in the very lowest end of the six figures and never goes up more. its crazy.
I'd be open to try it though, for science..
Education is paid for by property taxes. So increasing income tax revenue will not help teacher salaries unless the funding mechanism is changed.
Specifically, new taxes on businesses and billionaires need to be specifically earmarked for education, otherwise that money just goes to the pentagons bloated budget. Basically from one pocket to the other. Billionaires don’t want to pay for massive wars, they want to profit from arms sales and the military industrial complex.
Technically true.
2 x $0 = $0
"Okay. Will do."
Sounds like we should nationalize Amazon. That's what he's saying, right?
It should be sold to the public as free market competition.
"We are taking over Amazon because government is inefficient and wasteful. This will allow American small business ingenuity to crush the government Amazon and replace it with a free market alternative."
We really could just do that. He and others would fight like hell, but why couldn't it be done? It needs to be done.
Supposedly most of their profits come from AWS, so they wouldn't even stop making money if the marketplace was nationalized.
Honestly a nationalised AWS would be a way bigger boon to the economy, and he could go back to cornering the market on diapers or whatever fuck him
That's what i heard.
Bezos is right. Double of nothing is... nothing.
I'm pretty sure that he said that with that very thought in mind. Like a thinly veiled fuck you to the non-Epstein class.
"I promise you" is billionaire speak for "fuck you and fuck your family"
He's right though. Double of nothing is...
Nothing
Double? These assholes really don't know how close they are to being lynched in their own mansions
Do it... Do it... Do it... Here's some ~~rope~~ something to use to 'reward' them for 'their' hard work & for your travels 🥇(closest I could find in emojis
American government/police couldn't even stop the MAGA idiots from storming the damn Capitol Building. I doubt any hired goons would seriously be willing to put themselves between billionaires and a pissed off mob.
Time to post a classic: https://hmijail.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
It's a few years old, so probably need to double these numbers. At least, Wikipedia says that Bezos' net worth is now $284 billion.
And if he's like trump, pays about $700/year in taxes.
Said without irony as he sits in front of his personal vanity rocket. How many teachers could we pay a decent wage with that thing Jeff? What would we lose? Sending Katy Perry and her flower to space?
Why dont we just take it all then it'll get put to use
oh shit he promised
I mean he is probably technically correct. But let's tax them a lot not double of the pittance they pay.
Well let's do it and find out!
Pinata economics this guy already