Re:Jeff Bezos’s Wealth Soars to $171.6B to Top Pre-Divorce R...
by jacknews on Thursday July 02, 2020 @11:58AM
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Which Amazon products/services did Jeff actually create?
Obviously all the past and present employees created those products, many of which are based on, or dependent on research funded by govt, and also enabled/reliant on a stable society, rule of law, an educated workforce and customer base, transport networks, electric grids, and all kinds of other infrastructure.
The social bargain here is that successful companies then pay back those external govt/societal costs with taxes.
Obviously all the past and present employees created those products, many of which are based on, or dependent on research funded by govt, and also enabled/reliant on a stable society, rule of law, an educated workforce and customer base, transport networks, electric grids, and all kinds of other infrastructure.
The social bargain here is that successful companies then pay back those external govt/societal costs with taxes.
Except in this case ...