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Gonzako@lemmy.world 2 days agoThe US economy has devolved from an economy where you gain money by making and selling things to an economy where investing in the stock market and then taking out loans on that stock to keep investing is a better way to keep making money. When was the last time someone rich became poor?
hector@lemmy.today 2 days ago
That is one of the ways they avoid taxes. They take out loans to pay old loans and to spend on the value of their investments at good rates, and since they never realize income they never pay taxes. I think interest is even tax deductible to a degree.
Bezos in 2020, a year his wealth multiplied obscenely, paid 600 dollars. Less than we did.
As per a couple of propublica articles they published around 2021.
Gonzako@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Dang, I pay more in taxes in a single paycheck than bezos did in a year.
merdaverse@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
The excellent article in question: propublica.org/…/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-ne…