• Maeve@kbin.earth
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    17 days ago

    I thought about that; then I thought what that guy makes in a few minutes’interest on his offshore accounts is probably more than all of Brazil, in a year, and since taxes fund the government and a host of other things, idk

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          16 days ago

          Leveraged buyouts specifically should be outlawed.

          EDIT: And billionaires should be taxed on the money they receive as loans.

          The “buy borrow die” tax strategy should either be completely outlawed or the government should be able to get portions of those loan payments back as tax money.

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      17 days ago

      The country of Brazil makes something like 20x Musk’s total net worth, but every year.