'Bond Villain' Jeff Bezos Claims 'You Could Double the Taxes I Pay' and It Won't Help Anyone | Common Dreams

I agree with Bezos here. We should be taxing him dramatically more than double of what he's currently paying.

Because 2x0=0?

It would be a massive benefit to all of us even if we burned all of his money in a dumpster rather than redistributing it.

Having billionaires who can buy elections or monopolize markets is inherently destabilizing to society. His dragon horde was captured by exploitation, and it should be returned to the people who actually earned it.

Which is why we need a billionaire wealth tax too, and to close tax loopholes that allow the rich to pay close to nothing.

2*0=0

2 * 0 = 0

Or we could tax him at 75% and he'd still be filthy rich. Fuck these rich assholes.

"This is why taxing me is bad..." - Rich Cunt

"So please don't."

Well… under the current administration, one could argue that he’s right.

Nobody wants to double thentaxes on the uber wealthy. We want way way more than double. Personally, I like 100% on "wealth"/"net worth" over 10 million dollars.

Doubling his taxes won't do much.

Taxing him at 50% will.

Why not then, as it won’t harm him either?

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE

Because the double of 0 it's still 0, tax those bastards

2 x 0 = 0

So yeah. Of course it won't. All those loopholes and tax shelters they've paid to have written into the tax code need to be closed. They need to be taxed out of existence (as in billionaires shouldn't exist)

Nothing times two is nothing.

two options, jackass

or

You sure? Let's try it!

How much would that be? Like $15?

He is just saying he pays no taxes guys. Hands out the pitchforks

I like Leeja Miller's line, taxes were the compromise.

2 × 0 = 0

So what you're saying is that we should be taking more, a LOT more? We should keep taking until it does help somebody?

I can get down with that.

They should double his taxes and then double them again and again and again and again. Billionaires should not exist.

Let's find out.

Yes doubling it won't help it needs to be 33% flat for him and Amazon which is probably more than 5 times

Which is why we need to quintuple it. And keep doubling it from there until morale has improved globally.

Only one way to find out - whaddya say we give it a try, Jeff?

Tax billionaires on the assets they control, till they're millionaires.

Because multiplying zero results in zeros?

I'd venture that setting his effective rate to the same as everybody else's would make the amount a lot more than double

The only way that is true is if he pays none...gotta fix that.

Gwan then

Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.

Double it AND enforce it too. Problem solved.

He has a point because currently Trump decides what gets done with taxes.

Of course, that's why taxes for multi millionaires and upwards should be percentages based on income, civil contribution, participation and national financial participation (ie. Where is the money made v where is it spent or sequestered.)

bet

I wonder what would help people, according to this tube steak.