Renegade_roosteR,

take it all except one thousand million. form groups only for the homeless and for green infrastructure with that money.

Crack0n7uesday,

Who the fuck is doing Bill Gates’ taxes and how do I get them to do that but on my much more modest income.

BluesF,

Whoever designed the “charts” is in on it, I know that much

phoneymouse,

Is this an annual tax though? Or, a one time tax? Is it a tax on income or total net worth?

emberwit,

Annual on net worth

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

This is a much nicer version of the same meme I put up here last week (not complaining, it really does look nicer).

Lucidlethargy,

Nearly all of us pay more than these clowns do, when considering the percent of our incomes. And most of us are losing savings or being forced to budget to the extreme these days.

Fuck the ultra rich that never give back. People like Musk are a fucking scourge to our entire society.

oxlikesmath,

They also create large amounts of value. You would get the same tax breaks if you provide the same value for society. You can hate capitalism all you want, but something you can’t argue against is that it motivates people to provide value

Maven,
@Maven@lemmy.world avatar

Lol

Croquette,

Yeah Covid showed us how all these billionaires create real value instead of the rank and file.

Oh wait, the economy came to a crawl and governments were printing money to keep it moving.

Most of the billionaire today inherited their fortune, and a lot of billionaire before them started on third base.

They provide no value, and if they disappeared tomorrow, we would fine.

oxlikesmath,

“They provide no value, and if they disappeared tomorrow, we would fine.”

We would be fine, but only because someone else would quickly take their place.

Masterblaster420,
oxlikesmath,

you could also invest in the stock market and enjoy the same increases in value. But noooo, you just want to complain about the things you can’t change.

BeatTakeshi,
@BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world avatar

Why such a % difference between Gates (0.3) and Bezos(3)? Is it based on the last year’s income?

AeonFelis,

Is it based on the last year’s income?

I thought wealth taxes are based on net worth, not on income?

Cowbee,

Just give their wealth to the workers they exploited to gain it.

FiniteBanjo,

How many times a month do we repost this meme and it gets a lot of controversy every single time?

Eonandahalf,

Is it just me or does Bill Gates starting to look more and a more like Stephen Hawking ? 🙃

jkrtn,

This chart is bullshit. Scale the taxes owed the same as the money remaining so we can visualize what a fuckall pittance it is in comparison.

Perturabo,

they’d get more after tax?

Zoko_Argen,
@Zoko_Argen@feddit.uk avatar

The top numbers are what they’d pay in tax, not what they have

boaratio,

I personally really hate the term “pay their fair share” because if it’s implications. I would much rather hear something like “pay like the rest of us” because it’s about percentages, not actual dollars.

jaybone,

Bezos looks kind of like Putin in that pic.

jaybone,

But it only takes $50k to buy a congress person, so this will never happen.

thisNotMyName,

You can by a german right winger for 20k (true patrios sell themself and their country to China/Russia!)

phoneymouse,

You don’t even need money really, just give them some insider knowledge on a stock trade and let them make it big like they already do.

jkrtn,

$50K? You’re trying to bribe one with a stronger backbone than most, I guess.

summerof69,

Bill Gates looks like a loser with his 372kk compared to other guys.

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