Well, this is kind of fucked. ProPublica published a report showing the amount of income taxes paid by the worlds richest men from 2014 to 2018 (that is through both Democratic and Republican administrations). Surprise surpise, they paid shit. Their income in this period (before they all gots fuck-all more rich during the pandemic) grew anywhere from a lowly 13 Billion (Musk) to 100 Billion (Bezos).
Here is a simple graphic:
This has, as you can imagine, caused quite a stir. Taken with Donald Trump's tax of ~$700 for a few years, you can imagine the Internal Revenue Service is investigating these claims.
As you can also imagine, if you know how fucked up the United States is now, the IRS is NOT investigating the Billionaires. The IRS is investigating ProPublica, because tax fraud is bad, but hurting Billionaire feelings is a crime worthy of the full extent of the law - (Wall Street Journal).
oy vey. Guess it does pay to be a rich white man.
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