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Jeff Bezos could become world's first trillionaire
- taurath 6y agoWe'll see if the people actually get sick and tired of seeing headlines like this while being asked by the same billionaires to donate so families who can barely make rent can eat while free school lunches are canceled.
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- nscalf 6y agoFirst publicly known trillionaire* There is a lot of money out there not easily tracked. There are speculations over some shadier character's net worth, probably most notable is Putin.
- stzup7 6y agoWell so could I
- Koshkin 6y agoWe're talking probabilities here. (Or you are one already, in Zimbabwean currency.)
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- superworrier 6y ago`The company said their projection is based on taking the average percentage of yearly growth over the past five years and applying it to future years.` Past results are not an indicator of future performance.
- harry8 6y ago*While paying zero tax in the country that made that possible.
- credit_guy 6y agoAre you saying that when Bezos sells Amazon stock he's not paying capital gains tax?
- 101404 6y agoThat wouldn't surprise me. There are probably entire companies working on nothing else but to reduce his taxes.
- djjsjdjsjsjs 6y agoThe tax rate is also low enough that if he does pay, it's not much. 15% total instead of the 30-40‰ I currently pay.
- ansgri 6y ago40‰ = 4% < 15%
- djjsjdjsjsjs 6y agoOooo hey wow I have no idea why that character was entered, guess I typoed something on mobile with a long press. Weird :)
- credit_guy 6y agoA nitpick: the long term capital gains tax for the top bracket is 20%, not 15% [1]. My guess is that Jeff Bezos is in the top bracket. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_gains_tax_in_the_United_States#Current_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_gains_tax_in_the_Unite...
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- alexpetralia 6y agoSome company makes an estimation as trivial (and speculative) as what anyone could produce an Excel? This is not news. This is clickbait advertising.
- migueloller 6y agoIs there so little to report that taking the average growth of his wealth for the last 5 years and extrapolating for the next 5 is worthy news? This is an absolutely worthless prediction. How can this be journalism?
- vanniv 6y agoNo wonder Bezos' newspaper keeps posting pro-lockdown propaganda! He's one of the few people on the planet benefiting from it
- nkkollaw 6y agoLearn to code, USA Today!