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Who cares if he had parents invest in his company?!? Why do people jump to that immediately trying to prove what an “evil” guy he is. Guess what...Bezos’s paren
by bluedevil2k 5y ago
Who cares if he had parents invest in his company?!? Why do people jump to that immediately trying to prove what an “evil” guy he is. Guess what...Bezos’s parents paid their taxes on their incomes and saved the money and chose to invest in their son. Why is that a negative? Right place at the right time - there were millions of people in their 20’s in the late 90’s, thousands had $250,000 in cash to start a business, but only 1 turned into the biggest most efficient company in history. It wasn’t luck man, it was talent. The ignorance seems to be on your end believing it was luck.
- Salgat 5y agoI'm not saying he is evil or that he doesn't deserve his success, I'm addressing his point that Bezos isn't just a product of his own talents, but that of his situation and the opportunities he was provided by our society.
- pb7 5y agoThat's the case for literally everyone in our society. Can I take your money then, since you're a product of a society I contributed to?
- kelnos 5y agoIf you make less money than the parent does, and live in the same country, than you essentially are taking their money, through their higher tax burden that pays for services (like roads and public schools and firefighters) that you almost certainly use or benefit from. And that's a good thing! But I think higher earners should have more money taken than is currently the case. Wealth and income inequality are largely a result of luck and opportunity, not raw talent. An equitable society should find ways to mitigate those effects, which have only gotten worse in recent decades, not better.
- andrepd 5y agoUhm yes? Thanks for understanding my point.
- Salgat 5y agoAbsolutely. In fact, I make more than most Americans ($300k household income) and I wouldn't mind more progressive tax brackets, especially if it meant we could provide our fellow countrymen with basic necessities like healthcare and continued education. My voting record reflects this sentiment. The funny thing is, Bezos has a lower tax rate than me and he's a billionaire.
- tylersmith 5y agoThats an opportunity provided by his parents, not "society". If he owes anyone then it's them.
- r00fus 5y agoI’d love to have had parents who could afford to dump $1m into my fledgeling startup. That he did proves he owes others for his success as much as his own wits and hard work.
- bluedevil2k 5y agoEveryone on Earth owes some of their success to their parents.
- tylersmith 5y agoRight, he owes his parents as established. They likely owe their parents, who owe their parents. And there were certainly others that contributed along the way may or may not have been compensated for that help. But none of these people had help from an amorphous group of "society", they had help from specific individuals.
- r00fus 5y agoSo none of them went to public schools or used public roads or relied on a fire department. Probably none of them could look forward to social security or medicare. Or maybe that's not correct.