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   From: f00@0f0.00f   
      
   Attila wrote:   
   > On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 16:18:38 -0400, Ed P  in   
   > alt.atheism with message-id    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 10/1/2024 2:02 PM, Yak wrote:   
   >>> On 10/1/2024 1:37 PM, citizen winston smith wrote:   
   >>>> On 10/1/2024 11:32 AM, Jimmy wrote:   
   >>>>>> "Make them pay their fair share!"   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> She's either a stone cold liar or she's stupid and believes you are.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> All business owners pay taxes.  We have to or the IRS comes after us   
   >>>>> first.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> It's time to stand up for the billionaires because where else will   
   >>>>> all our   
   >>>>> money trickle down from?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Giverment, duh.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That's what you totalitarian fascists want, isn't it it?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Billionaires need protection, they're too weak to protect themselves.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Red herring.   
   >>>   
   >>> Bottom 50% earned 10.4% of income, paid 2.3% of fed income taxes.   
   >>>   
   >>> Top 1% earned 26.3% of income, paid 45.8% of fed. income taxes.   
   >>>   
   >>> Top 1% of income tax payers paid more than the bottom 90% combined.   
   >>>   
   >>> We know who's really not paying their fair share.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Interesting numbers but they don't tell the whole story.   
   >>   
   >> Should a widow living on $800 a month SS pay more so the top 1% can pay   
   >> less?   
   >>   
   >> Should the top 1% give more of their corporate profits to workers in   
   >> higher wages so they can pay more taxes?   
   >>   
   >> Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, earns around $7.99 million per hour.   
   >> This is based on his net worth increasing by $70 billion in 2023, from   
   >> $107 billion to $177 billion. Bezos's wealth growth is largely due to   
   >> the value of Amazon stock, which he owns around 9% of.   
   >   
   > Start a company, grow it to the size of Amazon, and you too   
   > can have as much as Jeff Bezos.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> How Much Does Elon Musk Make an Hour. The quick answer—Elon Musk makes   
   >> around $1.6 million per hour. This is based on his net worth that rose   
   >> by $143.9 billion in the past decade until early 2023. That's 220,690   
   >> times the federal minimum wage   
   >   
   > Start as many successful companies as he has and you to can   
   > have $143 billion.   
   >   
   >>   
   >   
      
      
   i dont know why some people have beef with elon, he is among the   
   top 10 genuinely most important humans on this planet at the moment.   
      
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