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bmcle071 t1_iu8vfik wrote

Reply to comment by Southern_Bandicoot74 in the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor by share-this-info

When you control hundreds of billions of dollars it corrupts you. We cannot tryst a handful of extraordinary wealthy people to do whats best for society. Nobody is benevolent and everybody has their own motives.

If you make middle class incomes and are comfortable your corruption doesnt matter. When you are king of space, twitter, all the cars, AI, brain implants, you have too much power.

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Southern_Bandicoot74 t1_iu8ww5t wrote

Maybe, but property rights are more important than your thoughts on corruption. After all, he legally earned his money.

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Maleficent_Plastic_1 t1_iu986f6 wrote

Having done my dissertation paper on the importance of property rights, I fully agree with you.

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triggered_rabbit t1_iu9v20r wrote

Then why the hell do they never pay anything like property taxes/taxes in general, Amazon literally has made billions in profit in America but payed 0 dollars in taxes this year, same as Netflix and a majority of billionaires.

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Paid-Not-Payed-Bot t1_iu9v31t wrote

> America but paid 0 dollars

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Although payed exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in:

  • Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. The deck is yet to be payed.

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Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment.

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Southern_Bandicoot74 t1_iu9xvlw wrote

Because they don’t get salary, their wealth grows because cost of their property grows. They pay taxes whenever they sell something.

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triggered_rabbit t1_iu9ynva wrote

So Amazon one of the biggest companies in the world doesn't get to pay taxes? And the others?

So basically they could be paying taxes that help Infrastructure, schooling and SS/society in general but just don't?

Man America really is the worst 1st world country to live in

And people in America wonder why the entire world thinks America is just shit

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