I agree with Bezos here. We should be taxing him dramatically more than double of what he's currently paying.

Because 2x0=0?

It would be a massive benefit to all of us even if we burned all of his money in a dumpster rather than redistributing it.

Having billionaires who can buy elections or monopolize markets is inherently destabilizing to society. His dragon horde was captured by exploitation, and it should be returned to the people who actually earned it.

2 * 0 = 0

Which is why we need a billionaire wealth tax too, and to close tax loopholes that allow the rich to pay close to nothing.

2*0=0

Or we could tax him at 75% and he'd still be filthy rich. Fuck these rich assholes.

Well… under the current administration, one could argue that he’s right.

"So please don't."

Nobody wants to double thentaxes on the uber wealthy. We want way way more than double. Personally, I like 100% on "wealth"/"net worth" over 10 million dollars.

"This is why taxing me is bad..." - Rich Cunt

Why not then, as it won’t harm him either?

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE

Doubling his taxes won't do much.

Taxing him at 50% will.

two options, jackass

or

2 x 0 = 0

So yeah. Of course it won't. All those loopholes and tax shelters they've paid to have written into the tax code need to be closed. They need to be taxed out of existence (as in billionaires shouldn't exist)

You sure? Let's try it!

Nothing times two is nothing.

How much would that be? Like $15?

Because the double of 0 it's still 0, tax those bastards

I like Leeja Miller's line, taxes were the compromise.

He is just saying he pays no taxes guys. Hands out the pitchforks

2 × 0 = 0

So what you're saying is that we should be taking more, a LOT more? We should keep taking until it does help somebody?

I can get down with that.

Yes doubling it won't help it needs to be 33% flat for him and Amazon which is probably more than 5 times

Let's find out.

Tax billionaires on the assets they control, till they're millionaires.

Which is why we need to quintuple it. And keep doubling it from there until morale has improved globally.

Only one way to find out - whaddya say we give it a try, Jeff?

Because multiplying zero results in zeros?

I'd venture that setting his effective rate to the same as everybody else's would make the amount a lot more than double

The only way that is true is if he pays none...gotta fix that.

Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.

Of course, that's why taxes for multi millionaires and upwards should be percentages based on income, civil contribution, participation and national financial participation (ie. Where is the money made v where is it spent or sequestered.)

He has a point because currently Trump decides what gets done with taxes.

bet

Gwan then

Double it AND enforce it too. Problem solved.

I wonder what would help people, according to this tube steak.

2 * 0 = 0

“Doubling” wasn’t exactly what we had in mind.

That just means we have to tax him more

one of the richest people on earth just rubbed our nose in the fact tht he doesnt pay his fair share? shocking

Ultra wealthy people don’t make their money through income but through the loophole of taking loans against their stock. That’s what needs to be taxed.

Well let's give it a shot and see what happens...

Fucking hate billionaire parasites.

Give this guy enough money to launch his wife into low earth orbit on a penis shaped rocket, which is the sort of help society really needs.

You'd be amazed at how many Americans fight their way to work on a two-hour commute, struggle to pay rent on a shitty apartment, then go work a second job...and still they believe this line of bullshit.

'You Could Double the Taxes I Pay' and It Won't Help Anyone…

…I’d make sure of it”

A well timed brick would if all else fails... 😇

Even if we did tax ultra-billionaires more, that money would likely just be funneled into higher military spending.

Ok, then the solution seems to be to keep going higher until it does help someone. I'm very comfortable not stopping at double.

Doubling 0% is still 0%. No wonder it doesn’t help anyone.

Of course, he probably does pay some taxes, in which case, doubling that would obviously help people. He’s so full of shit.

So he’s just confirming that he pays way too little? If one of the richest people in the world would have zero impact doubling their taxes then the taxes are outrageously low, right?

Like we all know this but it’s nice to see him admit it (even if he’s smug about it). And IDK why he thinks doubling is some wildly high threshold. Assuming he pays more than zero, I’m sure the population would be happy to keep hitting him with exponential increases until morale improves.

They’ve forgotten that taxes were the compromise

We weren’t thinking about “doubling”…

My solution is that everyone pays the same rate and let the billionaires set that rate. They’re good with the 30% or whatever it is we pay? Let them pay it too. I wonder what rate they’d set it at. 10? 5? That would be nice for us.

Sad but probably true... People need to quit thinking America as a culture, left or right, isn't the problem. Well tbf the problem is probably bigger than the nations... Nations are like businesses and just get used.

Keep doubling it until he shuts the fuck up

Well double them again

Because 0*2=0

98% should do.

0 * 2 = 0