Related: Robert Reich posted earlier today that Tesla paid ZERO taxes on $5 billion in sales (earnings?), so that’s just fucking great.

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    7 hours ago

    Dude, I’m on 80k a year. Pretty sure I couldn’t afford a gazillion-dollar wedding in Venice

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      And? My point is the real money he got from Amazon that can actually be taxed is not the same as his estimated net worth.

      Bezos doesn’t have a checking account with billions sitting in it. His wealth is in the unrealized gains on non-liquid assets. It’s imaginary money until it’s used as collateral for loans, at which point it should be taxed as a realized gain.