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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 129 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bezos is right. Double of nothing is... nothing.

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure that he said that with that very thought in mind. Like a thinly veiled fuck you to the non-Epstein class.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

how can we forget, zuckerberg, thiel , BEZOS and several other billionaires were having DINNER at one of epstein estate one time.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

But not Musk because he's too thirsty and weird for the pack of societal-eroding pedos

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 89 points 2 months ago

Technically true.

2 x $0 = $0

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 71 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Double? These assholes really don't know how close they are to being lynched in their own mansions

[–] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do it... Do it... Do it... Here's some ~~rope~~ something to use to 'reward' them for 'their' hard work & for your travels 🥇(closest I could find in emojis

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

American government/police couldn't even stop the MAGA idiots from storming the damn Capitol Building. I doubt any hired goons would seriously be willing to put themselves between billionaires and a pissed off mob.

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[–] KaChilde@sh.itjust.works 64 points 2 months ago (1 children)

doubles his taxes

Bezos continues to pay $0 in taxes

Was going to say this, he's technically right because he pays so little in taxes to begin with. I am honestly more of a believer in a flat tax for the rich now than progressive tax structure. But they'd find some way to weasel out of it so there's only one solution to them.

[–] disorderly@lemmy.world 60 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Sounds like we should nationalize Amazon. That's what he's saying, right?

[–] Shindo66@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

We really could just do that. He and others would fight like hell, but why couldn't it be done? It needs to be done.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Supposedly most of their profits come from AWS, so they wouldn't even stop making money if the marketplace was nationalized.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 13 points 2 months ago

Honestly a nationalised AWS would be a way bigger boon to the economy, and he could go back to cornering the market on diapers or whatever fuck him

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[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago

That's what i heard.

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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Time to post a classic: https://hmijail.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/

It's a few years old, so probably need to double these numbers. At least, Wikipedia says that Bezos' net worth is now $284 billion.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

And if he's like trump, pays about $700/year in taxes.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

You could take 90% of his wealth and he’d still have more than 99.999% of the rest of the country.

He didn’t earn that money. He’s just a squatter making money on everyone else’s work. Stfu you whiner, Bezos.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"I promise you" is billionaire speak for "fuck you and fuck your family"

[–] BillyTheKid2@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

He's right though. Double of nothing is...

Nothing

[–] Zink@programming.dev 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The guy with all the money says that other people getting some of the money wouldn't help them.

And in the US a huge number of people just nod along because our culture tells us that net worth = human worth = intelligence = trustworthiness.

There's no continuing the thought, like if the money won't help struggling teachers then why is it so important that it stay with the person who already has ten thousand times the amount of money that would make a teacher rich and set for life?

[–] ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Have you heard the song 'If I were a rich man' from Fiddler on the roof? One of the lyrics was that if he was a rich man people would flock to him ask him questions that 'would cross a Rabbi's eyes' meaning they would be complicated. And he says that it would not matter if he was wrong or right since being rich alone is what gives you credibility.

[–] DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

Yeah, Bezos pays almost nothing in income tax compared to his wealth.

Double of almost nothing is still almost nothing. So I guess he's technically right, which is usually the best type of right...but.

[–] gumball4933@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Bezos is right. 2 x 0 = 0

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Said without irony as he sits in front of his personal vanity rocket. How many teachers could we pay a decent wage with that thing Jeff? What would we lose? Sending Katy Perry and her flower to space?

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago

I mean he is probably technically correct. But let's tax them a lot not double of the pittance they pay.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I promise you that when we eat him Bezos will be delicious.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

I've been vegan for almost 30 years, and I can't wait to eat these fucks like a sacrament.

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 months ago

I'd be open to try it though, for science..

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

"I promise you, it wouldn't work. Actually, it'd make everything worse. So just trust me and don't try it. It's for your own good. I know what I'm talking about. You know I'd never lie, right? So no matter what happens, don't try it. Okay?"

[–] magnue@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

You could kill Epstein and it's not gonna make a difference I promise

[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Education is paid for by property taxes. So increasing income tax revenue will not help teacher salaries unless the funding mechanism is changed.

Specifically, new taxes on businesses and billionaires need to be specifically earmarked for education, otherwise that money just goes to the pentagons bloated budget. Basically from one pocket to the other. Billionaires don’t want to pay for massive wars, they want to profit from arms sales and the military industrial complex.

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

Well let's do it and find out!

[–] shweddy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Why dont we just take it all then it'll get put to use

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well he's right. 0 x2 = 0 ...

Seems i was very late to joke. I'll see myself out.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

Your promises ain't worth shit.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I have a great idea, we'll take all his billions, and set them on fire. No tax! And all of a sudden, inflation goes the other way for a day

Edit: spelling

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago

this is one of my things. you get these arguments about how well the government may spend the money but even if great wealth was taxed and burnt like you say it would have massive good effects on the economy. Its wealth disparity that is the problem.

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

No one's talking about just double. Orders of magnitude.

[–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

He can promise that it won't help because the people he's paid to put in power will refuse to act on it.

Shit, we could make life better for a lot of people if we just distributed the federal revenue we have now differently, but that requires not bowing down to the agendas of billionaire donors.

[–] Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

"Okay. Will do."

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Let's try it and see, you may have conflicting goals

[–] bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 4 points 2 months ago

"Trust me, bro."

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Interesting stratagy of trying to get lower taxes for the angry little people to distract from you own under contributions bazos. I don't think it's worked but it was worth a shot I guess.

[–] not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Mayor of my heart

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

So then he apparently doesn't even know what taxes even are, or why they're collected.

[–] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Pinata economics this guy already

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