theHRguy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL: Nearly 77% of the Forbes 400 Have Given 5% or Less of their Net Worth to Charitymedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down12cross-posted to: progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Nearly 77% of the Forbes 400 Have Given 5% or Less of their Net Worth to Charitymedium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
minus-squaresin_free_for_00_dayslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·2 days agoThe majority just give enough to lessen their tax burden. Should have at least a 50% wealth tax on anyone on the Forbes 400. Fucking vampires.
minus-squareObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 minutes ago The majority just give enough to lessen their tax burden. There is no amount of charity you can give that results in you having more money than if you hadn’t, Kramer.
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoHell I’d settle for 28. Wonder how many of them are paying closer to zero.
minus-squarenot_woody_shaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoThe problem is 100% of what. There are so many paper tricks to make a billionaires income add up to zero. “100% of all assets and income over a billion” might work, but you still have the problem of whose opinion do you take on the value of an asset.
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·45 minutes ago100% of income. If they hide income, they’re a criminal.
The majority just give enough to lessen their tax burden. Should have at least a 50% wealth tax on anyone on the Forbes 400. Fucking vampires.
There is no amount of charity you can give that results in you having more money than if you hadn’t, Kramer.
Hell I’d settle for 28. Wonder how many of them are paying closer to zero.
Why not 100%?
The problem is 100% of what. There are so many paper tricks to make a billionaires income add up to zero.
“100% of all assets and income over a billion” might work, but you still have the problem of whose opinion do you take on the value of an asset.
100% of income. If they hide income, they’re a criminal.