#billionaires
America’s Highest Earners And Their Taxes Revealed
Taxing business incomes: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances
“More than half of economic income generated by closely held businesses does not appear on tax returns and that ratio has declined significantly over the past 25 years.”
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
“From 2014 to 2018, the 25 wealthiest Americans grew about $400 billion richer, according to Forbes. To an economist, this was income, but under tax law, it was mere vapor, irrelevant. And so this group, including the likes of Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett, paid federal income taxes of about 3.4% on the $400 billion.”
“On average, the rate of income tax that people pay climbs as incomes ascend into the top 1%, but when you get to the range of $2M-$5M, that trend stops.
After that, average tax rates actually drop the further up in income you go.”
Billionaires should not exist
No one deserves that much money
Wasn’t there also this tik tok that explained that just because the clothes aren’t eyecatching doesn’t mean they’re not expensive?
There are expensive brands that focus on making you look exactly like he does in that picture.
Fun story: this is a display of power. If you’re rich you can wear whatever you want and still be heard. Only the poor and so called lower class have to worry about first impressions and are forced to don the costumes of the rich in the hopes of being respected.
Elon Musk Has Officially Lost $69 Billion This Year
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Powerful political and satirical art by Pawel Kuczynski
I mean Jesus fucking Christ this is not right
My friend told me the best example to explain the vast difference between a million and a billion
“A million seconds ago was last week. A billion seconds ago we were still dealing with the Soviet union.”
This is why when we talk about “rich people” who aren’t paying taxes or who are wasting money, we’re not talking about the person who makes 1 or 2 grains of rice worth of money a year. We’re talking about the person who makes the giant fucking Costco sized pile of rice.
I mean Jesus fucking Christ this is not right
My friend told me the best example to explain the vast difference between a million and a billion
“A million seconds ago was last week. A billion seconds ago we were still dealing with the Soviet union.”
This is why when we talk about “rich people” who aren’t paying taxes or who are wasting money, we’re not talking about the person who makes 1 or 2 grains of rice worth of money a year. We’re talking about the person who makes the giant fucking Costco sized pile of rice.
We’ve gone from heated discussions between people who are pro-mask and people who are anti-mask to heated discussions between people who are pro-Musk and people who are anti-Musk…
Ugh, just saw a long post about how Elon’s wealth isn’t all liquid so it’s dumb to talk about how he could end world hunger.
Say it with me, folks:
THE KING IS NOT POOR BECAUSE HIS WEALTH IS TIED UP IN CASTLES.
Bill Gates is the biggest private owner of farmland in the United States. Why? | Nick Estes
Article conclusion:
‘The average person has nothing in common with mega-landowners like Bill Gates or Ted Turner. The land we all live on should not be the sole property of a few. The extensive tax avoidance by these titans of industry will always far exceed their supposed charitable donations to the public. The “billionaire knows best” mentality detracts from the deep-seated realities of colonialism and white supremacy, and it ignores those who actually know best how to use and live with the land. These billionaires have nothing to offer us in terms of saving the planet – unless it’s our land back.’
Article dated April 21, 2021
It’s probably related to what he’s doing in the rest of the world - buying land with access to aquifers.
Drinkable water is the next gold rush
How is that not sociopathic behavior?
Greed is a cancer that is destroying our society from the top while bigotry destroys it from the bottom.