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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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