That’s a common complaint too. Like economics is a zero sum game. How many small businesses are selling through Amazon’s merch program or publishing through their free publishing program or increasing productivity through AWS? People are clueless.
Because if you looked at the effort and sacrifice needed to become successful, you might come to the conclusion that the reason you aren’t successful is because you aren’t doing the necassary things. Most people will do all sorts of mental gymnastics to face up to these things.
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Very true.
I think a lot of the anti-Bezos sentiment is because he’s seen as a tax dodging parasite. If the rest of us have to hand over a chunk of our earnings to help fund public services, so should he.
People who’ve done well really shouldn’t be using accounting tricks to avoid making a fair contribution - I’d include Facebook and Starbucks in this category.
And it really pisses me off when they say they give a lot to charity - good for you, you don’t get to choose how much you contribute and who to, you should pay your taxes like everyone else.
It’s not like me stiffing the tax man means we can’t build a new school, but when Amazon dodges a few billion…
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So, I can see how this conversation is going to go and I’ll just say this - this is the “Things That Make You Chuckle” thread - not the “Corporate Finance Masterclass/Bezos should pay more in taxes” thread.
I recommend cashing in your chips and returning to the regularly schedule programming before this devolves into a bunch of bullshit…
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Sorry did not mean to devolve the thread
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Good point - I’ll tiptoe away from the unfunny stuff!
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Thanks guys … just there are other threads for that conversation and this ain’t one of them.
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-_- you son of a bitch.
*pssssst Amazon and Jeff Bezos pay a fuckload in taxes. Fuck you POLO!
Going to look even more stupid when he has to have that mole removed/rips it off accidentally!
I can see it getting snagged on hat rims and whatnot, till you finally get fed up and snip it off with nail clippers or something.
Then it would become Ceiling Fan Jordan logo.
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My sister and her deadbeat “Rabbi” husband (read: draft dodger with no official income that lives off the dole) have moved into a little house we have up here since apparently I am running a commune. She got on a kick (while drinking MY fucking wine) about war (any war) always hurts the “women and children” most.
I left and came back with charts and graphs and showed that no, able bodied men, aged 18-40, bore 90+% of casualties, etc., in a war (including accidental casualties). This includes WWII when whole cities were firebombed and nuked.
For a communist, she sure is big on ordering the foreman and his wife around like servants. Yeah, he works for me and lives in another house. He also has fucking PhD in wine making. Responsible for a number of the Rothschild gold medal winners.
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@pushmepullme where you at? Someone’s stealing your tagline.
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I can actually hear Major Payne’s voice! I feel bad for people who don’t know the reference.
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