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hdgvhicvtoday at 2:22 PM1 replyview on HN

People who earn money pay taxes

While at Amazon Jeff Bezos considers his worth to be 80k a year hence he was paid that much, and paid taxes in that salary.

If someone becomes a billionaire by being paid 50m a year for 40 years and paying taxes on that income then congrats.


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WalterBrighttoday at 9:24 PM

Bezos has paid $billions in capital gains taxes.