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“Musk pays the most in taxes of any person” Yeah and he’s worth 700 billion he needs to pay more.
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Anonymous 8w

Wealth ≠ income. Most of his wealth is tied up in stock, and you don’t pay tax on that until you sell

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Anonymous 8w

He needs to pay about $699 billion in taxes

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Anonymous 8w

Why?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 8w

Why?

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 8w

Which is stupid because they use stocks as collateral

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Anonymous replying to -> evil_sheep 8w

I agree

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 8w

Tax unrealized gains Yes it’s not perfect. There may be issues if someone has like a family painting that goes up in value. That doesn’t mean we can’t at least try starting with the richest and most corrupt people lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

I think the point is that a person can easily live comfortably for the rest of their life with a billion, going beyond that is greedy and excessive.

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Anonymous replying to -> ireallylikepancakes 8w

Is it your belief that the government should take any wealth past the point of living comfortably?

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

Well, kinda? I moreso think along the lines that the government should be proactive rather than reactive. There’s no moral way to become a billionaire, really. So it should be next to impossible to accrue that much money in general.

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Anonymous replying to -> ireallylikepancakes 8w

Why do you believe theres no moral way you become a billionaire? Do you believe that wealth cannot be created?

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