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Bluethroughu

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8. Give more, do more than just create business.

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 07:22 AM

Jul 2021

Take less tax incentives. We could end world hunger by taking some of the billionaire stock pile, because they can't seem to figure out how to do that, but someone like Bezos can figure out global logists to make money?

Come on.

He can afford to do and give more, and others like him. Billionaires should not get to decide who lives or dies. Instead of having discussions about how to game the world tax, and keep working wages down, they should be using their knowledge, money and power to better humanity. Not throw pennies of a percentage of their wealth at the commoners and ask for deity status.

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'Murica in one photo [View all] 634-5789 Jul 2021 OP

How much, what percentage of their wealth would you say is ok? brush Jul 2021 #1

75% to charities. Their call on who gets it. 634-5789 Jul 2021 #6

Give more, do more than just create business. Bluethroughu Jul 2021 #8

See post 17. brush Jul 2021 #20

It's against their nature to use their wnylib Jul 2021 #38

i agree... why do people always think they know whats best for others and try to dictate how they samnsara Jul 2021 #27

Bezos, the richest man in the world, paid zero taxes last year. So I do judge his space Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #28

AMEN!!!!! FoxNewsSucks Jul 2021 #43

I'd like to see a 100% tax FoxNewsSucks Jul 2021 #46

I think instead of a lump sum to charities... LiberatedUSA Jul 2021 #56

Sounds like a lose-lose situation... brooklynite Jul 2021 #2

I imagine they should be paying the same percentage of their money in taxes as the rest of us. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #4

New businesses mean new jobs. And you're wrong about they should pay the same as... brush Jul 2021 #17

You're mostly right, FoxNewsSucks Jul 2021 #37

+1000 bluewater Jul 2021 #71

I already said. 634-5789 Jul 2021 #7

The problem with your statement is... Bluethroughu Jul 2021 #3

Nope. It's their money, regardless f ow they attained it, and it's poorly spent. 634-5789 Jul 2021 #9

I'm so not impressed with wealth... Bluethroughu Jul 2021 #15

Bezos is arguably the richest man in the world. panader0 Jul 2021 #25

Exactly. 634-5789 Jul 2021 #26

Me too. Bluethroughu Jul 2021 #58

It is obscene! As an "individual", he benefits but does not put "individual" skin in the game sanatanadharma Jul 2021 #40

According to Business Insider, Bezos makes $157,207 dollars per minute! panader0 Jul 2021 #50

Perfectly said, illogical. Bluethroughu Jul 2021 #59

Some DUers certainly are waving the palm fronds for these assholes. That's pretty sad. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #5

AMEN! 634-5789 Jul 2021 #10

One thing I learned a long time ago is to stay out of other peoples' pocketbooks. brush Jul 2021 #11

Yes. These billionaires have been stealing from the pocketbooks of the rest of us since the Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #12

Make your own billion and give away what you want. Or get elected to Congress... brush Jul 2021 #14

Wow. So you're ok with the fact that we are more unequal - by a large margin - than Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #16

If that's your concern, then advocate to Biden, Pelosi, Schumer, et al for higher taxes... brooklynite Jul 2021 #18

Lol! Given your responses in this thread, I guess you should be advocating to the same Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #23

I get it: Rich people don't WANT to pay their legal tax obligations! brooklynite Jul 2021 #33

Bezos paid zero taxes last year. The end. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #34

Ya don't know what you don't know. They should be paying way more than what we do. brush Jul 2021 #19

Despite your REALLY disgustingly creepy tone, you are agreeing with me in SOME Of Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #21

Odd. I'm not agreeing with you. They should be paying a much higher tax rate than one... brush Jul 2021 #29

It's not just sad, it's pathetic. FoxNewsSucks Jul 2021 #39

I know. And sadly, it is not that surprising, given the sources. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #41

Sir Richard Branson quickesst Jul 2021 #13

And yet all you hear about DAILY is ths duelling space bullshit. 634-5789 Jul 2021 #22

It seems most of the media looks for sensation these days, not news. DFW Jul 2021 #30

I think some people.... quickesst Jul 2021 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Jul 2021 #62

Can't argue with that quickesst Jul 2021 #70

Exactly. They should do the research before making unsubstanciated accusations. brush Jul 2021 #64

Something that's always bugged me.... quickesst Jul 2021 #72

I haven't heard a link discussed at all... brooklynite Jul 2021 #54

Charity is not a substitute for a social safety net. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2021 #53

With so many utterly EVIL billionaires in the world, why pick on these guys? hunter Jul 2021 #24

Don't blame the billionaires. Blame your government for allowing the accumulation of vast wealth Yavin4 Jul 2021 #31

But the billionaires, since Citizens United, own the government. Everything is set Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #35

Exactly how would that work? 634-5789 Jul 2021 #44

How about making it easier for employees to form unions? Yavin4 Jul 2021 #60

Right. Or that the billionaires are taxed appropriately. And the critics should be... brush Jul 2021 #65

Meh. Elessar Zappa Jul 2021 #32

Meh. If my husband had the money, the one thing he'd do is go to space. Wingus Dingus Jul 2021 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author 634-5789 Jul 2021 #45

I think we're missing the text at the bottom of the picture ck4829 Jul 2021 #48

No, I got that. But one doesn't have much to do with the other. Wingus Dingus Jul 2021 #51

A person only needs so much money Ziggysmom Jul 2021 #42

K&R ck4829 Jul 2021 #47

A stat I just read when I googled space flight carbon footprint: panader0 Jul 2021 #52

Per this link, Bezos' upcoming flight is calculated to emit around 93 tons of CO2. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #57

Those co2 numbers are redic. Mosby Jul 2021 #67

I presume it's based upon the emissions of the jetliner. Obviously, it does not take into account Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #73

Do you have a link to that post? BannonsLiver Jul 2021 #63

The trickle down from their rockets will be felt some day? $arcasm. Baked Potato Jul 2021 #55

Good ol' trickle-down FoxNewsSucks Jul 2021 #61

Classic "chyrony" FakeNoose Jul 2021 #66

Branson is British not American. Mosby Jul 2021 #68

What mistake? No mistake here. 634-5789 Jul 2021 #69