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Yavin4

(37,182 posts) Sat Oct 20, 2018, 04:28 PM Oct 2018

You could win the Mega Millions (Tax Free), and you would only have 1% of Jeff Bezos' net worth [View all]

Think about that for a second.

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You could win the Mega Millions (Tax Free), and you would only have 1% of Jeff Bezos' net worth [View all] Yavin4 Oct 2018 OP

Makes one wonder how the winner would ever make ends meet...............n/t DFW Oct 2018 #1

Another round of tax cuts obviously. n/t Yavin4 Oct 2018 #2

That has to be it. DFW Oct 2018 #3

yeah, that was the point. nt JCanete Oct 2018 #31

Yeah, but could I afford a second home? Iggo Oct 2018 #4

No you have to work two jobs because it's not enough! Initech Oct 2018 #10

Why Timewas Oct 2018 #5

You should care. Yavin4 Oct 2018 #14

How does that compute? hack89 Oct 2018 #17

Does that entitle him to steal from his employees? n/t Yavin4 Oct 2018 #18

Just text this to friend who was praising the almighty and "generous" Bezos RestoreAmerica2020 Oct 2018 #22

People think that Bezos personally fills every order himself. Yavin4 Oct 2018 #23

nobody thinks Bezos fills any orders himself . but should people who work for Amazon get more money JI7 Oct 2018 #25

everybody should make more money. People like Bezos can't pretend to simply be JCanete Oct 2018 #32

lol JI7 Oct 2018 #34

ooh, good grist for discussion. Thanks for the response. nt JCanete Oct 2018 #35

Yes, indeed it is sad. MrsCheaplaugh Oct 2018 #66

How is he stealing? hack89 Oct 2018 #44

why would anyone work there? fescuerescue Oct 2018 #57

For one thing, we just gave him a huge tax cut that you and I are paying for. Squinch Oct 2018 #37

That amount of money is so large it's almost frightening. It's not like you can drive down Vinca Oct 2018 #6

I'm generous. I'm willing to split it 3 or 4 ways with other winners. nt TeamPooka Oct 2018 #8

With my luck, I would deposit it in my bank, Citibank, and they would finally go under.... Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2018 #9

Jeff Bezos had a simple idea! at140 Oct 2018 #7

I've never had an issue with Amazon customer service. Lochloosa Oct 2018 #11

Exactly why Bezos is a multi-Billionaire at140 Oct 2018 #19

While both treat their employees like utter shit. Garrett78 Oct 2018 #24

If enough people are willing to be treated at140 Oct 2018 #60

People take jobs out of the need for jobs. The wages are relatively decent at Amazon, but... Garrett78 Oct 2018 #63

"Treated like shit and still work there," MrsCheaplaugh Oct 2018 #67

You are confusing facts with blame! at140 Oct 2018 #69

And we pay their expenses. Walmart instructs their full Squinch Oct 2018 #39

How about a living wage for his employees? Squinch Oct 2018 #38

Yes, Absolutely! at140 Oct 2018 #59

Except for flamebait, what in the fuck does your observation mean? Blue_true Oct 2018 #12

Right....okay. I'm not sure how that invalidates anything really, and I"m not sure what is JCanete Oct 2018 #33

Lol! Wow! Except for your inference that you know all Squinch Oct 2018 #43

Bullshit. Blue_true Oct 2018 #46

Gosh. You must be the only person in the world who ever ran a business! How could any Squinch Oct 2018 #54

He did come up with Amazon oberliner Oct 2018 #13

True. But at this point, he's stealing from his employees Yavin4 Oct 2018 #15

Even if people line up to get job at Amazon? at140 Oct 2018 #20

what does them lining up for a job that exists-in a context in which wages have been stagent while JCanete Oct 2018 #28

A job at Amazon is better than starvation. That doesn't mean Squinch Oct 2018 #42

The problem is these outfits are there to at140 Oct 2018 #61

Then you are agreeing with me, just using different words. If Bezos didn't make Squinch Oct 2018 #64

Stealing? Anyone of them can find a better job. Nt USALiberal Oct 2018 #26

what is going on on DU? Anyone could simply find a better job? Do you understand how JCanete Oct 2018 #29

Better jobs are in high-end products manufacturing at140 Oct 2018 #62

Wuuuuut? Do you live in a cave? These outfits come to a place Squinch Oct 2018 #41

Easy claim to make. The realities of how businesses run introduce complexities. Blue_true Oct 2018 #50

nobody is a self-made guy. There's no such thing. And there's massive American infrastructure JCanete Oct 2018 #27

JCanete. Blue_true Oct 2018 #52

It started as a small online bookseller. Then he realized that people would buy other stuff like Blue_true Oct 2018 #45

That is way off base. Some people apparently just really love to put rich people on a pedestal. JCanete Oct 2018 #48

I am not trying to be Bezos PR man. Blue_true Oct 2018 #49

I appreciate your thoughtful response. The problem with some of your presentation is that JCanete Oct 2018 #55

To quote someone else. "If you got a business. You didn't build that." Autumn Oct 2018 #47

No one builds a business alone. That is a given. Blue_true Oct 2018 #51

My point was a response to the poster I replied to. Autumn Oct 2018 #56

Nick Perry won the lottery. yortsed snacilbuper Oct 2018 #16

Bezos owns the Washington Post, which has been a huge voice for sanity in dark times. VOX Oct 2018 #21

Dude, so lets just call him a philanthropist. Our bar for the rich who use the system to get mega- JCanete Oct 2018 #30

AND we just gave him a tax cut that YOU AND I are paying for. Squinch Oct 2018 #36

Man. This thread is a total troll farm! Squinch Oct 2018 #40

That's what's wrong with these fuckers. Iggo Oct 2018 #53

what fuckers exactly? If that's the point of the OP I totally missed it. I kind of thought it had to JCanete Oct 2018 #68

They could make the lottery worth 100 times more. fescuerescue Oct 2018 #58

Your post is why, in spite of my hatred for bigoted, greedy Republicans and ideological cons... LincolnRossiter Oct 2018 #65