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Jeff Bezos is pulling a Red Herring to evade taxes: "I shouldn't pay taxes, you should pay less taxes" (finance.yahoo.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by atro_city@fedia.io to c/billionaire@lemmy.ca

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In an interview the founder of Scamazon is trying to move the discussion around wealth taxes away from himself and his Epstein class. He's only got one thing right of the "Tax Wealth, Not Work" movement namely, don't tax work. Wealth still has to tax wealth, otherwise it won't solve anything.

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean, only if you take his stated goal at face value. Personally I think the mass firings and dismantlement of longstanding programs were all a smokescreen for whatever he was really after, most likely stealing data and funneling those salaries/budgets into his own pockets somehow.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Before DOGE, there were something like 8 different agencies investigating him. After DOGE, there were no investigations.

That's why.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Jeff Bozo would not be any different, which would lead to a result nowhere close to what he's stating. Government run by a CEO is never going to be efficient because they are never going to aim for efficiency but for wealth.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

The concept that government should be run like a corporation is one of those things that makes sense on the surface, but not when you understand it.

Think of all the corporations in America. The government is bigger than ALL of them combined. And the govt has lots to do besides that.

The skill set to manage all the moving parts of a government is completely different from the skill set required to operate a corporation. The mentality is wildly different. A CEO has to consider profit over EVERYTHING, but a President shouldn't be considering profit at all.

corporate goals, skills, and experience are very difference for a Corporation than the Government, and we need to elect those who have the proper skills, and mindset.