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DanieRains

(4,619 posts)
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 02:54 AM Feb 2020

Walton Heirs Worth $174 Billion [View all]

And don't pay taxes.

Ain't America Great!

Bernie.....

https://qz.com/1276872/the-richest-people-in-the-world-walton-family-koch-brothers-bill-gates-jeff-bezos-warren-buffett/


$174 BILLION Zero Income Tax. Inherited only $40 Billion. So they built $134 billion in increased wealth and paid zero income tax.

Isn't it great to be super duper rich!!!!

Paying Taxes is for the poor.

'During her tax evasion trial, a former employee testified that Helmsley said: “We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.” By “we”, she meant not only herself but her husband, New York tycoon Harry Helmsley. ‘Only little people pay taxes' became America’s version of ‘let them eat cake.’'

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2015/04/17/10-notorious-tax-cheats-queen-of-mean-leona-helmsley-proved-little-people-can-put-you-in-jail/#4ad9feb32d08

And when Helmsley was found guilty of tax fraud she was confined to her mansion.....

Am I the only one here who understands how badly we are being screwed?

I mean me and Bernie of course. Elizabeth too by the way.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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