• buddascrayon@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    “You could double the taxes I pay and it’s not going to help that teacher in Queens, I promise you.”

    Challenge accepted. Let’s go for triple or quadruple. Let’s just keep hiking it up until he’s not a billionaire anymore.

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        4 hours ago

        thats what needs to be addressed. remove all the deductions and loopholes the oligarches use to game the system

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      6 hours ago

      Don’t forget that Bezos had his tax returns leaks around COVID. The guy who leaked them was given the harshest penalty anyone has ever been given for the same charges. Bezos paid -$4000 in taxes for that year, having owed nothing while receiving the Child Tax Credit for his two children. When he says you can double his taxes, he also knows he’s already gamed the system. Double of nothing is still nothing.

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      6 hours ago

      I mean, he might be right, double zero is still zero. I say his taxes should instead be increased by a few million dollars.