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[-] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Net worth, in the general sense anyway, doesn't get taxed. This is one of the ways billionaires can pay so little taxes. Outside of things like property tax, you don't pay tax on something like a house.

If we are talking straight net worth and not income, then I paid ~10% in federal taxes last year. But again that's not really a fair comparison as we aren't taxed on net worth but income.

The tax system is fucked and needs a serious overhaul.

[-] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

Sorry I was originally responding to another comment, but I figured I'd make mine a main comment to the post. The missing context to my post, that I just added, is "According to forbes, his net worth is about 5.4 billion. 276 million is about 4% of his net worth paid in tax."

So adding to your point that the tax system is fucked, I'm paying a higher percentage of taxes than a billionaire, and I'm not even a millionaire.

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