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How much this guy makes each day, even each second.. is criminal  He made 70 Billion USD in profit from last September This YouTube vid breaks it all down Which is more than the GNP of many countries combined That aside, should people even be allowed to accumulate such immense wealth? Is it ethical? |
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@ufohunter | 30 September 20 |
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He can easily pay for the college tuition for hundreds of students with what he makes per day Scratch that make it per hour.. (9 million USD/hour, 146 thousand USD/minute and 2 489 USD/second) you get the picture |
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@cam007 | 30 September 20 |
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What he makes and what he does with his money is up to him
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@mikeymk | 30 September 20 |
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That.
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@xivanax | 30 September 20 |
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Who are we to say what he does with his hard earned cash. It'd legit and am quite sure he puts a penny in the tin every now and then
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@3mel | 30 September 20 |
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if he paid his fair share of taxes, stopped working with the intelligence services and didn't have the standard delivery charge of 4:49 come up on free delivery eligible items I'd have no issues with him. plus he did save one of my favourite TV shows from cancellation so... |
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@3mel | 30 September 20 |
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@ ufohunter - 30.09.20 - 12:57pm He can easily pay for the college tuition for hundreds of students with what he makes per day Scratch that make it per hour.. (9 million USD/hour, 146 thousand USD/minute and 2 489 USD/second) you get the picture his success has been bad for lots of other businesses but unless he's behaved like Microsoft to achieve it, he hasn't really done anything wrong. he had no idea amazon would be this successful, remember it started out as a bookstore only. but I'm not a fan of people and companies who are extremely rich but don't want to pay any taxes. after a certain point having more money will make no earthly difference to your life. |
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@xivanax | 30 September 20 |
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@ 3mel - 30.09.20 - 04:24pm if he paid his fair share of taxes, stopped working with the intelligence services and didn't have the standard delivery charge of 4:49 come up on free delivery eligible items I'd have no issues with him. plus he did save one of my favourite TV shows from cancellation so... What tv show would that be? Fbi's most wanted? |
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@3mel | 30 September 20 |
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@ xivanax - 30.09.20 - 04:32pm What tv show would that be? Fbi's most wanted? it's a not very well watched sci-fi show called The Expanse |
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@xivanax | 30 September 20 |
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@ ufohunter - 30.09.20 - 12:57pm He can easily pay for the college tuition for hundreds of students with what he makes per day Scratch that make it per hour.. (9 million USD/hour, 146 thousand USD/minute and 2 489 USD/second) you get the picture Make colleges free? Is that what you are saying? I dont think that would quite work |
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@kimjongl | 30 September 20 |
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@ 3mel - 30.09.20 - 04:24pm if he paid his fair share of taxes, stopped working with the intelligence services and didn't have the standard delivery charge of 4:49 come up on free delivery eligible items I'd have no issues with him. plus he did save one of my favourite TV shows from cancellation so... What is his 'fair share' of taxes? |
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@mikeymk | 30 September 20 |
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23 percent, I think. Slap him with a 15 billion dollar tax bill. Yep. He should pay billions of dollars in tax. More than anyone else in the world. That'll fkn learn him. |
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@kimjongl | 30 September 20 |
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More important than the rate is what do you base it on. You could increase the rate to 100pc and companies could still legally pay zero.
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@3mel | 30 September 20 |
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loopholes can and should be closed, whatever the corporate tax rate genuinely is in each territory is what should be paid. a companies staff shouldn't be paying more by far than the company they work for. |
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@dan27notts | 30 September 20 |
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People also need to remember he doesn't have that money in cash, most of it is in the value of Amazon share prices.
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@9362 | 30 September 20 |
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If you don't like Amazon, then don't use it
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@obi_jon | 1 October 20 |
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There was an article in the newspapers a few days ago about Jeff Bezos which claimed he could afford to give every single one of Amazon's 875,000 employees a  100,000 bonus and he would still be richer than he was before the pandemic started.
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@kimjongl | 1 October 20 |
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@ 3mel - 30.09.20 - 06:09pm loopholes can and should be closed, whatever the corporate tax rate genuinely is in each territory is what should be paid. a companies staff shouldn't be paying more by far than the company they work for. What should the rate be paid on, revenue? Profit, taxable income? There are no loopholes, just tax laws. Are you suggesting companies should pay more than they legally have to? |
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@kimjongl | 1 October 20 |
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@ dan27notts - 30.09.20 - 11:03pm People also need to remember he doesn't have that money in cash, most of it is in the value of Amazon share prices. People who complain about companies paying no or less tax genuinely don't understand concepts like capital, equity, asset value and income. They hear billionaire and think that's hard cash in the bank being kept from the masses as if they were entitled to it even if it were there. |
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@mikeymk | 1 October 20 |
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@ 9362 - 30.09.20 - 11:20pm If you don't like Amazon, then don't use it Don't let them build a supermarket in our town! Because then our hight street will die out! Because we'll all be using the supermarket! |
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@speedracer22 | 1 October 20 |
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@ kimjongl - 1.10.20 - 07:50am What should the rate be paid on, revenue? Profit, taxable income? There are no loopholes, just tax laws. Are you suggesting companies should pay more than they legally have to? The law has plenty of loopholes, I reckon legislators could tackle those instead of passing laws that deregulate bigger coorporations even more. 
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