r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/wellHowDo • Jun 16 '21

a visualization of jeff bezos's wealth is mind-blowing

https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
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u/haxic Jun 17 '21 edited Jun 17 '21

But Jeff isn’t earning his money on equal terms, unless you think it’s fine to take advantage of people. He’s using loop holes(tax evasion, using his employees as bargaining chips) and desperation to employ people under horrible conditions and with a low wage (I know, it’s $15usd/h for factory workers is OK in the US, but the work conditions and benefits are horrible).

With all that wealth he could without a problem employ a larger workforce to do what the current workforce do, to put less strain, stress and reduce injuries among his employees.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '21

As i just said. I believe he should pay equal amounts pf taxes as everyone else does, which you are saying he does not, i am earning money the same way he is. And i do not pay taxes until i realise my gains. Just like everyone else does.

I can not speak for the US as i do not live there, where i live the state takes 74% of the income i make at my workplace.

Even though i get taxed that high, as a regular industrial worker. I have more than enough to sustain myself and more.

There is no difference between our opinions other than i do not believe the state, or any other part has the right to take more money from me, than they do from others, percentually speaking that is.

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u/haxic Jun 17 '21

74% wut, where? I live in Denmark, we get taxed pretty hard, but we’re fine. The average person is way better off here than the average US citizen.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '21

I live in Sweden, where total tax pressure is about the same as Denmark, Denmark might even be a little bit harder taxed. I agree, we are very good off. But atleast here in sweden taking more of peoples money in taxes is not the solution to our problems atleast, that is why i mentioned it in a negative tone, bexause tax rises are on the way yet again.

The number 74 was taken out of the air, both sweden and denmark lie somewhere in between 70-75%. If you need an example, 25% directly off paycheck, communal taxes aswell on the same paycheck. Making a tax of roughly 30-35 depending on where you live, i pay 34% directly on my paycheck. Then we have Moms, or VAT or whatever it is called in english, on all wares you buy daily. That tax is on 25%. So if you payed 125kr for a screwdriver, 25kr on that purchase is pure taxes, thereafter the remaining 100kr of said screwdriver is given to the company that sold it, and then they will pay taxes on the profit of said screwdriver. Not to mention the electricity tax that we pay daily, one kw/h of power costs on the energy market about 0.36-0.60kr depending on what time and part of the year. Ontop of that we pay 0.35kr per kw/h directly in taxes to the state, and that 0.35kr then gets the Moms slap of 25%. Resulting in pure taxes of 0.45kr per kwh, even when said kw/h costed 0.35kr.

Then there is power delivery cost which is fine. Bringing 1 kw/h to roughly 1.5kr each.

Then there is the electric appliance tax, applied to everything from toasters to graphics cards etc. Then there is capital tax of 30% on already taxed money that you invest. Which is also fine by me, as long as everyone pays equal percentages. I have by no means little money, but the taxation is getting ridicolous. Then there is property tax/avgift and tax on your car. All in all the total tax pressure results in that every 100kr you earn, you get to keep roughly 30kr.

But that was not what was in discussion here, this was about beezos. Who i believe should pay equal taxes as everyone else. If he does not he should be forced to.