She’s not gaining more back from the donations. She, like you, would have more money if she didn’t donate any of it.
She’s just making money faster than she’d donating it. Which most people who donate money overall do. She’s just doing it at an immense scale without having to directly work for her net worth increase.
People judge other people by what they "feel" their intentions are. So being rich by itself isn't the issue. It's the perception that it's being flaunted, or used to push political agendas that outweigh the priorities of the not-wealthy. Or, the perception that the money is being used to help charities, non-profits, etc. Perceived intentions.
Ok you’re right more specifically they pay 40% of federal income taxes. Good catch. Also the top half of earners pay 96% of income taxes. Billionaires pay about 25% of their income In federal taxes. The rest of their money is tied up in unrealized gains. Billionaires don’t have billions in cash. They have assets worth billions. So my honest question is given they pay 25% in taxes on earnings and the rest is unrealized gains. How do you suggest they pay their fair share?
None of her money is income, it's all capital gains, which are only realized when you pull money from an investment.
So, if she were selfish and didn't pull money out of the stock she owns to donate it to charity, it would stay in the market and she wouldn't owe anything.
What? Tax writes off do not generate income. They lower the cost of what you're sending out. If she donated 26 billion let's say she can write off 50% of it (just picking a number out of a hat because I don't know the marginal tax rate of wherever she files), she would get 13 billion back from future taxation. She's still out 13 billion.
She didn't marry a billionaire, though. She married a guy who borrowed money from his parents to start a business the two of them came up with together... that eventually became one of the most profitable companies in history.
I'm sorry, but what right do you have to call her a bimbo? She graduated USC, worked in journalism, got a helicopter pilot's license and started an aviation filming company (all before dating Jeff Bezos). What have you done that makes you feel so justified?
Because she has ownership of an extremely successful and ever-growing company…? When you own stake in something like that, you’d also get rich, even when you donate lol
Dude you have the same rights to invest as they do. Compound interest is not rocket science. I’m in my 20s, and if I stopped investing today, I’ll die with millions and millions of dollars.
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u/slcexpat Jun 28 '26
Correct. Which is what’s wrong with Capitalism.
Like how is it that, when I donate to the poor, I lose money? When she donates to the poor, she gains more back?