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arrow-up1103arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk becomes world's first half-trillionairewww.bbc.comSeverus_Snape@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 天前message-square48fedilink
minus-squareFlamekebab@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·9 天前But if we were to tax him he’d… What’s the current lie again?
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 天前It would be very bad for the economy. Exactly what economy “the” stands for is not specified, I can only assume it must be “the” Elon Musk economy.
minus-squareWanderingThoughts@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 天前That’s at least the economy of top 10% and very often the top 1%. It’s a different world up there.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 天前It’s so much a different world, they lose contact with reality.
minus-squareHudell@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 天前Top 1% still includes people who fail to pay bills sometimes. This is the economy of the 0.01% at most.
minus-squareCheems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 天前Not taxing him is also bad for the economy
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 天前All we have to do is seal up the loophole that says money borrowed against stock value isn’t income. But I don’t even understand why capital gains are not considered income.
But if we were to tax him he’d… What’s the current lie again?
It would be very bad for the economy. Exactly what economy “the” stands for is not specified, I can only assume it must be “the” Elon Musk economy.
That’s at least the economy of top 10% and very often the top 1%. It’s a different world up there.
It’s so much a different world, they lose contact with reality.
Top 1% still includes people who fail to pay bills sometimes. This is the economy of the 0.01% at most.
Not taxing him is also bad for the economy
All we have to do is seal up the loophole that says money borrowed against stock value isn’t income.
But I don’t even understand why capital gains are not considered income.