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Yep.   My mother drove a taxi.  She retired with over a million. Never wrote a book either.
I so wish this fact would sink in and anger more people on the right. It makes me sick to see the rich and famous get away with things that an ordinary citizen would be perp walked into jail for. Tax loop hole after tax loop hole have been enacted through pay off's to our politicians. Most of these only apply to the rich leaving the working class to pay the bill for everything which is their plan. >

Aren’t most rich people on the left though? If they had the same values don’t you think they should fight to pay their fair share? >

The rich are on the side of money. >

"Yes," he added, echoing Sanders. "Trump loves socialism for himself, rugged capitalism for the rest." >

Exact same thing with the SEC. Even the FTC / FDA is feckless >

I recommend Debt: The First 5000 Years, by David Graeber, for anyone who wants to know more. >

Also Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs and The Dawn of Everything (+Wengrow) if y’all haven’t maxed out your 
book queues. >

Bit too rugged if you ask me.  Damn near breaking my spine to keep going. >

And the Rich are constantly telling everyone else how bad Socialism is. >

Bernie Sanders is right yet again. >

He’s literally just making stuff up in his tweet >

Dude is 100% right. >

He randomly claims that 6 or 7 companies paid no tax last year with no evidence >

He doesn’t have to when it’s readily available. >

Neither Bernie nor ITEP has access to their tax returns. They’re referring to “income tax expense”, which is a completely different concept and number 
These companies can report $0 in income tax expense and still pay income tax >

So? If he's wrong prove it? >


If he’s wrong, prove it

For the 3rd time, their tax returns aren’t public record, there’s nothing to prove nor disprove. Bernie has no way of knowing what they pay, he’s just guessing >

I mean he's the chair of the senate budget committee if  anyone could make an educated guess it'd be him. And if he were wrong you'd assume some other senator or the companies themselves would be be able to disprove him. But they don't, and based on having 0 income tax expense the best and most logical assumption is yes they pay very little in taxes. >

Unless he’s subpoenaed their records, then he has no way to know. He’s looking at the income statement and using that number, but it’s going to be way off. Judging from some of the cash flow numbers, the $0 isn’t accurate at all
He’s a public official, and he should know better than to try and mislead people like this. It’s funny though, Spotify has a tax rate above 100% for 2021, as do plenty of other companies, and yet we never see politicians tweet about those >

It’s not “rugged” so much as it’s predatory. >

The statement by Sanders helps to explain why today's very corporate Democratic Party is not too crazy about him. >

this is where Bernie really kills it. stop the hyper focus on Trump, and merely identify him as a microcosm of a larger problem of greedy elites in America >

It's a system bought out by the rich at pretty much every level. So it pays dividends for those who have bought into it. >

That’s not what socialism is Bernie! The same thing can be said with more accuracy if you say welfare for the rich. >

It is misuse of the word, yes, and he knows it. But the intended audience largely misuses the word the same way. >

Exactly.  He’s using conservative tactics against them.  Anyone who likes bernie already knows he’s using the word wrong, it’s to reach everyone else. >

r/titlegore >

predatory capitalism, more like. >

If America actually started to tax the shit out of it's rich and (in) famous the country wouldn't be perennially broke (don't worry you're too big to fail the rest of the world literally has no choice to buy your treasury bonds).
Might even become a socialist welfare state! >

One day, Bernie will realize that corporate tax returns aren’t public record, and there’s no way for him to know how much they pay in tax. Today is not that day >

Except they most currently are. Investors demand it. Why lie? >


Except they most currently are

They are not, tax returns aren’t released to the public. Maybe you’re thinking of financial statements, but this doesn’t show the tax they pay

Investors demand it

They do not >

You would invest in a company without knowing the financials? >

No, you can find their financials online. This doesn’t include the tax they pay >

Financial statements typically include taxes paid, for public companies.  I'm looking at one right now, and it very clearly breaks out how much they paid in taxes in 2021. >

That’s their income tax expense, which isn’t the same thing as the income tax they actually pay
Their tax returns aren’t even completed until a good 7 or 8 months after their financials are released >

Uh so they're misleading investors? That's a crime too. 
And he said their tax records for 2021... and tomorrow we'll be in 2023. So even using a 7 or 8 month delay... that should be on their Financials by now. >

It is a flood up soiciety and the lower class needs to change it, and stop being stomped by are evil overlord's. >

This is the fughin truth if I ever heard truth >

Obama "too big to fail" >

From which of his 3 houses did Bernie say this? >

Says the multimillionaire who has worked as a public servant his whole life…. >

Dudes like 80, and senators make okay money, and he's sold a couple books. 
Plus the majority of that money are in his 2 homes he's required to have 1 for his home state and 1 in DC.
And it's not like he's just below a billion dollars. He's fairly low in the multi millionaire status.