• Dkarma@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      None of these guys has income anywhere near a billion in yearly income. They have stock and other assets that are worth billions but it is not income per se. If anything they go to extreme lengths to minimize their income.

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        1 year ago

        See? that’s another thing. Why is some income not considered income?

        People who actually have to work ALWAYS have to pay taxes, but the parasites that gamble in the stock market get to keep all that money they won, and if they lose they get a bailout from the taxpayers.

        There are billionaires out there that have become so narcissistic that they just say it outright. “I’m going to privatize the profits and socialize the losses”