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[–] [email protected] 104 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

People born in the 1950s grew up with a 91% top-tier income tax rate, which ultra-rich people went out of their way to avoid by spending their excess income on "business expenses", rather than investments.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Unless this person happened to be born outside of the USA.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 46 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 40 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Absolutely.

It used to be that if you had $10,000 excess income, you could use it to buy $900 worth of stock, bonds, and other financial instruments or you could spend the entirety of that $10,000 on something you tell the IRS you plan to use for business purposes, and pay some salaries for making it.

Now, if you are $10,000 over the line, you can turn $6,300 into stocks, and double your money in 4-5 years. There's no point in actually spending your money anymore; just keep rolling the excess into the means of making more.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 22 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

And instead of saving their money they spent it, and the people who got their money spent it, and so on until I got pennies in my ass that are going to Jeff Bezos

[–] Lost_My_Mind 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Pssshhhhh, bezos money is all digital.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 10 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't say I had a bill to pay, I'm saying I have ass pennies and a trebuchet

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago

Nice! It even rhymes! 😘👌