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Re:Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sold more than $1B worth of stock t... by Consultant32452 on Friday November 03, 2017 @10:47PM (#15623537)
20% does seem like a good deal for all those things, but it's important to remember that the top 20% already pays 95% of the taxes. So if those things are good they're only good because he's already been paying for them.

So if you enjoy the stable political system, strong asset protection, your free education, and relatively unpolluted environment it might be time to add Jeff Bezos to your Christmas card list to thank him for funding all that for you.

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Re:Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sold more than $1B worth of stock t... by oblio on Saturday November 04, 2017 @12:56AM (#15623874)
The real question is: how much do the top 20% make and/or own? If it's 95% or more, then those taxes seem quite fair, don't they?

Found some data: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_Uni...

Top 20% owned 93% of wealth in 2014, and I don't see why that number wouldn't go up.

It's a bit harder to find numbers for income, though.

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Re:Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sold more than $1B worth of stock t... by Consultant32452 on Saturday November 04, 2017 @01:19AM (#15623913)
I don't take incident with the 20% mark. I only take incident with the insinuation that the great societal benefits Bezos enjoys for his 20% was provided by someone else.
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Re:Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sold more than $1B worth of stock t... by oblio on Saturday November 04, 2017 @06:23AM (#15624443)
If Amazon does shenanigans to hide money you and I couldn't hide from the taxman, then that might still be true.
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Re:Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sold more than $1B worth of stock t... by Consultant32452 on Saturday November 04, 2017 @05:22PM (#15626960)
That doesn't matter unless you believe that Bezos/Amazon is pulling some unique shenanigans compared to every other wealthy person/company. Because even after the cumulative shenanigans of all the wealthy people they're still paying 95% of the taxes.
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