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   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2024-10-04, Ed P  wrote:   
   > On 10/4/2024 2:12 PM, shogun wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   > No doubt he is very successful building some very innovative businesses.   
   >   
   > But that does not make him any less weird is some areas of life.  He   
   > says a lot of things people take issue with about life, family,   
   > politics.  When you do that you are subject to the same comments the   
   > rest of us get.  He wants people to have more babies, but really white   
   > ones.  He has twelve with three mothers.  He can afford it.   
      
   People like Elon who think on a much different plain than normal people, even   
   super intelligent normal people, tend to be weird.   
   Not all of them but a good number.   
   He has done a lot of good for the world and I appreciate that.   
      
      
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