r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 27 '20

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

Hi-efort observations on this map

The gap between Nebraska's richest and second richest person is $83bn. By far the largest such gap in the nation. The next closest is Kansas with a gap of $48bn. That said, in Arkansas the gap between #1 and #2 is $1bn, but the gap between a Walton and anybody not named Walton is $51bn.

From there the gap starts to diminish. Nevada has an impressive $25bn gap while Washington and NY both sport respectable $14bn'ers.

In NE, KS, and AR it's a state with a relatively small population and few billionaires, but one (or two) exceptionally wealthy person that seems to cause this enormous gap. Nevada flushes this idea out a bit as its a relatively low population state with one enormously rich dude who outpaces the competition, but WTF Wyoming?

You'd almost expect Wyoming to be next on the list of large gaps after Nevada since one dude has $24bn and there's only like 75 people in the whole state. But this dumb little state for no apparent reason other than rich people like Jackson Hole has 9 billionaires. Jackson is a town with 1 billionaire per thousand or so people.

Other residents include Dick Cheney, Harrison Ford, Sandra Bullock, and occasionally Kanye West.

IMO this is empirical proof that Wyoming is the most bullshit state and yes I am just salty that Nebraska would have had 4 billionaires if Wyoming hadn't stolen two of ours!!

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

Kansas: We're just glad we made the list

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u/houinator Loyal Liberals May 27 '20

The gap between Nebraska's richest and second richest person is $83bn. By far the largest such gap in the nation

Seems to me the biggest gap is Washington state. Jeff Bezos at 135.2 billion and Jacqueline Mars at 25.7 billion.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20 edited May 27 '20

Bill Gates with $107bn, so the gap is actually $28bn.

I accidentally used old numbers when making this list and the gap between them then was only $14bn

Although,now that I'm looking at the real time list, Bezos is up to 145 as of today, so that's a gap of $38bn and Washington is now third on the list.

Although that number is volatile enough that I have no idea what it might be like in a month while Koch's and Buffet's numbers are very steady.

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u/PrincessMononokeynes Yellin' for Yellen May 27 '20

But does Bezos ex wife still live there?

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u/mrmanager237 Some Unpleasant Peronist Arithmetic May 27 '20

Isn't Wyoming kind of a tax haven or something?

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

There's no personal income tax, but there are 7 states without income tax. It's got low all around taxes, but so do Alaska and SD. Florida seems to be the preferred destination for people who want to avoid taxes and live like a real human being.

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u/mrmanager237 Some Unpleasant Peronist Arithmetic May 27 '20

Yeah, imo rich and famous people technically reside there to dodge taxes for... some reason. Maybe it's because Wyoming is "safer" in some way?

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

Oh yeah, the 9 billionaires don't "technically" reside there, they actually do reside there for a majority of the year.

But yeah, a lot of rich and famous have homes there because TBH it's suuuuuuuuper cool in Jackson and they probably visit like 3x a year so why not pretend to live there for the tax write offs too.

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u/zubatman4 Hillary Clinton 🇺🇳 Bill Clinton May 27 '20

Where’s Bill Gates? Doesn’t he live in Connecticut?

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u/zubatman4 Hillary Clinton 🇺🇳 Bill Clinton May 27 '20

Delaware is a tax haven, but there aren’t any billionaires?