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[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

It's not "income" from a job, so it's taxed differently and let's them make fun of us plebs for working an honest job.

[-] quixotic120@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

You don’t understand it’s “lifestyle creep”. First you buy a ps5 then you end up with a 3 yachts and a controlling interest in a media empire. It sneaks up on you.

[-] dandroid@dandroid.app 17 points 1 year ago

My mom's exact words: "I am not rich! I have three mortgages!"

[-] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 year ago

Enjoy middle class in the US, pay 40% income taxes, pay taxes on a tiny house that somehow costs 2 million, pay taxes on a car, spend the rest of your income on fuel and car maintenance and end up living paycheck to paycheck.

There is no middle class, just proletariat and bourgeois.

[-] BreadKof@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

B-B-but they create jobs they are good people, deserve less tax 🥺

[-] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Three billionaires downvoted this! I wonder which 🤔

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Billionaires just don't pay taxes. It's not like they have to let anyone know, they just have the tax code written so that their yachts are tax write-off's their private estates are historical landmarks and their private jets qualify for the same fuel subsidies that major airlines get.

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Who has a billion in income?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Your mom on Friday nights.

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] TheTwoSpiritedViking@lemmygrad.ml -2 points 1 year ago

Elon, bezos, gates, the usual suspects

[-] habanhero@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

They do not have a billion in "income" otherwise they'd get taxed up their nose like regular people do. Their wealth is in their assets like stocks and properties which gets taxed at a far lower rate.

[-] TheTwoSpiritedViking@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 1 year ago
[-] habanhero@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Not income at all which and also the reason why it's taxed very differently (and perhaps unfairly).

Income is your wage or the actual money you make from your business. Most rich people generate wealth via their assets (e.g, the stock / property they own skyrocketed in value), and these are only taxed when sold and at a much lower rate.

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

None of them have billions in income, net worth isn't income- unless you consider someone who owns a $200,000 house but with a $40,000 a year job having $240,000 income

[-] dickbutler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Rich people problems

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago

I think the link is broken but I'm upbearing you anyway

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