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Reply to dsc (Reply #39)

Wed Jun 9, 2021, 09:10 AM

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Essential reading: Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax [View all] SoonerPride Jun 2021 OP

will read later, but markie Jun 2021 #1

Wonder how much capital gains tax was paid by the millions selling shares in Amazon? Lots, and with Hoyt Jun 2021 #2

Good reminder of why ProPublica is worth supporting. Pinback Jun 2021 #3

+1 ... thanks. KPN Jun 2021 #12

K & R Nevilledog Jun 2021 #4

973m in taxes on 4.2b in income fescuerescue Jun 2021 #17

Looks like they're using the Wealth Growth column as an indicator of True Tax Rate. Pinback Jun 2021 #25

OIC. fescuerescue Jun 2021 #26

It's a news article, not an "advertisement." BTW, Elizabeth Warren's proposal would have zero effect Pinback Jun 2021 #27

I'm happy to use the word advocate then. fescuerescue Jun 2021 #35

There is one dsc Jun 2021 #39

indeed fescuerescue Jun 2021 #42

going on for years , and they still keep screaming ,"my taxes are too high", AllaN01Bear Jun 2021 #5

Give it back. cbabe Jun 2021 #6

What do you mean by ''... give it back.''? ... aggiesal Jun 2021 #20

Give it back cbabe Jun 2021 #29

Understood, thanks. n/t aggiesal Jun 2021 #34

No mystery. We tax income, not wealth. thesquanderer Jun 2021 #7

No, this is specifically about INCOME tax SoonerPride Jun 2021 #8

I did read a lot of the article. It seems like maybe you didn't? thesquanderer Jun 2021 #15

Do you not believe they are leveraging this wealth and avoiding taxes? ... aggiesal Jun 2021 #24

True. But the fundamental issue remains that that's only possible BECAUSE... thesquanderer Jun 2021 #28

That is a big part of it - section headed Buy, Borrow, Die: How America's Ultrawealthy Stay That Way muriel_volestrangler Jun 2021 #38

We can all do this with our increased real estate equity ... aggiesal Jun 2021 #46

You're relying on house prices increasing, or at the least staying steady, with that strategy muriel_volestrangler Jun 2021 #48

So I'm going to respond to some statements made ... aggiesal Jun 2021 #49

No, you missed the point of the article. whopis01 Jun 2021 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author aggiesal Jun 2021 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author aggiesal Jun 2021 #23

The fact that they are able to do it is enough for me. BobTheSubgenius Jun 2021 #9

Love your user name btw SoonerPride Jun 2021 #10

SLACK, dude! BobTheSubgenius Jun 2021 #37

Warren's wealth tax would help for a while Warpy Jun 2021 #11

election audit's my ass - time for rich bitch's audit's ! monkeyman1 Jun 2021 #13

2652 pages in the tax code, time to start over bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 #14

Kind of surprised that he decided to start paying taxes again 2011. fescuerescue Jun 2021 #16

one way to fix this rdking647 Jun 2021 #18

Until they fear this. multigraincracker Jun 2021 #21

K & R bookmarking FakeNoose Jun 2021 #30

Question: who here demanded that President Obama and the Democratic Congress address this? brooklynite Jun 2021 #31

The GOP's sole mission is to keep these fuckers free from paying their fair share Blue Owl Jun 2021 #32

Income tax taxes income, not wealth. Kaleva Jun 2021 #33

And they paid almost no income tax SoonerPride Jun 2021 #44

+1000 smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #36

Doesn't fill me with confidence in the IRS Shrek Jun 2021 #40

I doubt seriously this resulted from an IRS hack. Pinback Jun 2021 #41

I wasn't referring to cybersecurity Shrek Jun 2021 #43

One of the ProPublica journalists was on with Chris Hayes Deminpenn Jun 2021 #45

There was some consternation this morning about the privacy of those billionaires being violated Goodheart Jun 2021 #47

Yes. We should be able to pierce of the privacy of anyone we don't like fescuerescue Jun 2021 #50