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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by misiti3780 on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @05:32PM (#27912480)
I agree, I think another way to put it is would you rather have your tax dollars spent on advancing rocket technologies (via NASA or equivalent) or would you rather have Bezos spend his after-tax dollars on it. Put like that, it's not a tough decision
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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by verdverm on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @05:39PM (#27912559)
Except that both companies are competing for govt money. SpaceX is already serving NASA
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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by misiti3780 on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @05:59PM (#27912748)
blue origin was funded with 0 tax payer dollars as far i can tell.
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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by verdverm on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:56PM (#27921335)
Guess you didn't hear how they sued the govt because they lost the NASA contract?

https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/26/22404528/nasa-bezo-blue-o...

and they have already taken tax payer dollars https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-launch-servic...

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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by hellomyguys on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @06:18PM (#27912895)
Hasn't there been many years where Bezos paid no taxes?
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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by misiti3780 on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @09:56PM (#27914452)
I'm not a Bezos defender, but he pays taxes -- his effective tax rate is lower because most of his money is tied up in stock that has appreciated but he has not sold yet. When he needs cash (to fund Blue Origin, for example), he sells stock, and pays long term capital gains like everyone else. He probably owns multiple houses etc, and pays property and school taxes like everyone else also.
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