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submitted 2 weeks ago by grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one to c/news@lemmy.world

“The tax law that congressional Republicans and US President Donald Trump enacted last summer has proved to be a massive boon for Amazon, slashing the corporate behemoth’s 2025 tax bill even as its profits surged and it moved ahead with mass layoffs that have cost 30,000 workers their jobs since October.

“Citing a new securities filing, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Amazon’s “current US taxes, an accounting measure of taxes incurred last year, declined to $1.2 billion from $9 billion” while the company’s “pretax US profit increased by 44.5%, to $89.5 billion. On a cash basis, the company paid $2.8 billion in federal income taxes last year after paying more than $7 billion in each of the prior two years.””

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[-] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 14 points 2 weeks ago

Bezos made that $70m from Melania back real quick

[-] criscodisco@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

There’s a reason these assholes feel like they need bunkers.

[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Their bunkers plans are mostly insane. Zuck has a bunker designed for him and like 100 staff. I don't think he understands how the power dynamics are going to change once civilization ends and his money isn't worth anything.

[-] Aknifeguy@piefed.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Fun fact: All bunkers have air vents somewhere on the surface.

[-] archonet@lemy.lol 2 points 1 week ago

And all bunkers have an entrance. Entrances that can be sealed with concrete and rebar, to turn bunkers into tombs.

[-] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 0 points 1 week ago

Let's become tomb creators, and after a year, raiders.

[-] archonet@lemy.lol 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oh, I imagine they have supplies to last a year.

I say open them after 100-200y, make it a fun time capsule, then turn them into museums -- "this is one of the places where we buried alive the biggest leeches in society after they constructed the most lavish palatial bunkers to hide in during a time of global turmoil!" -- you can show people just what excess wealth to the point of detachment from society will drive a person to do, and what society will do in turn to them.

[-] bluemite@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Outraged people continue to buy things from Amazon.com!

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

That’s a little treat for the Washington post not endorsing anybody for president for the first time ever.

[-] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

I'm sorry, did the company actually pay billions in taxes, or was that before other deductions? I seriously doubt they paid that much, and did not offset it against losses in other years, as they can do retroactively for a few years too.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Oh noes, so they went from paying almost nothing to just basically paying nothing at all?

Fuck these assholes, bring in the guillotines

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

And yet the stock is still falling ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[-] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Once again, more profit for the mall killer and destroyer of mom-and-pop stores.

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[-] Reygle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Really. A picture of an inatimate object was removed for "promoting violence".

[-] myrmidex@belgae.social 1 points 2 weeks ago
[-] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Cerebral bore?

spoilerTurok 2 for you youngins' 🤪

[-] s1ndr0m3@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

That sound will always be seared in my memory. It is the scariest sound ever.

[-] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

And yet it's end result is so satisfying. Nostalgia hitting harder than usual today, and I'm all for it.

[-] s1ndr0m3@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I used to play multi-player with friends. Nothing is scarier than hearing that thing coming for you. Turok 2 and Perfect Dark were my favorite shooter games back in the day.

[-] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 weeks ago
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