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Jeff Bezos owns a ton of land personally in and around Van Horn as well. Between him and Gates, it's staggering how much land these billionaires are buying.

• ilrwbwrkhv 4y ago
  That's why these companies must be broken down and nobody should be a billionaire.
  • tiborsaas 4y ago
    How do you imagine this happening? What would happen is that they would still own everything they have today, but in a more complex legal form.
    • tpmx 4y ago
      The typical thinking is mandatory confiscation of assets by the government.
      • bombcar 4y ago
        The government, the biggest billionaire around.
      • tiborsaas 4y ago
        As someone who lived in a communist country, I can predict you that it would not go well and as intended.
  • francisofascii 4y ago
    This is why we need land taxes.
    • Chris2048 4y ago
      Billionaires/bigcorps are probably better-able to afford taxed land than non-billionaires, and/or make profit from the land to offset the tax. Adding a tax-liability to land might effectively push more of it into the hands of corporates.
      • colinmhayes 4y ago
        Not if they’re just speculating on it
• aerospace_guy 4y ago
  The Van Horn property is primarily for Blue Origin, and I believe most is under the Blue Origin LLC, not him directly.