Vyvyan BasterdMay 20

Bezos on CNBC: "You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you."

I love how we all accept this as truth, or as part of a "debate", when taxing the fuck out of them - even a "kind" regime where they're still unfathomably rich - would yield so much money for health care, infra, and so much more

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there is literally no world where closing the capital gains loophole and taxing the fuck out of incomes over, say, 1 billion would not result in a manifestly better world for everyone. If you get huge waste and fraud you still come out ahead! That's a lot of money!
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@neurobashing A single billionaire will not visit a restaurant often enough to keep it in business. 10000 folks making $100,000 can support lots of restaurants.
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