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In reply to the discussion: Agree or disagree? [View all]PatrickforB
(14,570 posts)45. Right. I use Amazon a lot and I like Amazon. BUT...
the warehouse people and the drivers need to make MORE money, and have MUCH better benefits, including structured payment pensions, like in the old days, and
Amazon should pay more in federal income tax. They slid in 2018 without paying anything on billions in profits, and
Bezos should be taxed down to $500 million. That should be the cap, no matter how great the product you've come up with is. No one should EVER be worth - what was it? - $180 billion. No one.
Especially not when the people working for the guy have to pee in jars because they don't have time to make it to the restroom and back when they have to go. That is bogus.
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Agree with sentiment, but doubt any billionaire or group of them could end hunger, homelessness,
Hoyt
May 2021
#5
There are 614 billionaires in America x 3 I think that will put a dent in the issue
uponit7771
May 2021
#47
nah, lets say half of assets or just stop investing in them and implement a progressive tax ...
uponit7771
May 2021
#57
No amount of money could feed and house everyone. There'd still have to be enough food and housing.
Towlie
May 2021
#9
FDR invested almost his entire fortune in Warm Springs GA for care of polio victims
bucolic_frolic
May 2021
#12
Well the real irony is that all of these folks expressing their outrage are doing so
grantcart
May 2021
#19
In all my working years I only worked once for a company that had a profit sharing plan.
CrispyQ
May 2021
#46
I agree with Warren, get 2% of assets over 50 million and that helps pay for a lot of stuff. We ...
uponit7771
May 2021
#58
individual billionaires are small fry compared to the biggest asset management firms and banks
Celerity
May 2021
#25
it's nightmarishly complex, especially when you start to deal w/ OTC, nonexchange-traded derivatives
Celerity
May 2021
#29
Remember when yachts and over the top houses were big-time status symbols?
BobTheSubgenius
May 2021
#62
As long as their wealth gets redistributed, they are fine to stay on Earth.
BobTheSubgenius
May 2021
#66