[ ]   [ ]   [ ]                        [ ]      [ ]   [ ]

Things You Thought Today - kurtster - Jun 15, 2025 - 12:42am
 
Photography Forum - Your Own Photos - Alchemist - Jun 14, 2025 - 11:58pm
 
Trump - R_P - Jun 14, 2025 - 10:52pm
 
Radio Paradise Comments - sonicsurfer - Jun 14, 2025 - 9:52pm
 
DIY - oldviolin - Jun 14, 2025 - 8:55pm
 
Iran - R_P - Jun 14, 2025 - 7:12pm
 
Israel - R_P - Jun 14, 2025 - 5:18pm
 
Republican Party - Red_Dragon - Jun 14, 2025 - 4:28pm
 
• • • BRING OUT YOUR DEAD • • •  - oldviolin - Jun 14, 2025 - 1:42pm
 
Way Cool Video - Dssident - Jun 14, 2025 - 1:14pm
 
TEXAS - Red_Dragon - Jun 14, 2025 - 12:49pm
 
What are you doing RIGHT NOW? - triskele - Jun 14, 2025 - 12:45pm
 
Bug Reports & Feature Requests - osborne - Jun 14, 2025 - 11:19am
 
USA! USA! USA! - R_P - Jun 14, 2025 - 10:55am
 
Strips, cartoons, illustrations - R_P - Jun 14, 2025 - 10:53am
 
NY Times Strands - maryte - Jun 14, 2025 - 10:50am
 
Wordle - daily game - Coaxial - Jun 14, 2025 - 10:20am
 
Today in History - islander - Jun 14, 2025 - 10:16am
 
NYTimes Connections - islander - Jun 14, 2025 - 10:04am
 
Breaking News - Red_Dragon - Jun 14, 2025 - 9:19am
 
Democratic Party - rgio - Jun 14, 2025 - 8:00am
 
Movie quotes used as life's truisms - Steely_D - Jun 14, 2025 - 7:02am
 
June 2025 Photo Theme - Arches - KurtfromLaQuinta - Jun 13, 2025 - 10:39pm
 
Talk Behind Their Backs Forum - VV - Jun 13, 2025 - 7:52pm
 
True Confessions - ScottFromWyoming - Jun 13, 2025 - 4:18pm
 
Artificial Intelligence - R_P - Jun 13, 2025 - 3:21pm
 
What's that smell? - R_P - Jun 13, 2025 - 2:31pm
 
M.A.G.A. - R_P - Jun 13, 2025 - 1:21pm
 
Sail to the Moon - Proclivities - Jun 13, 2025 - 1:05pm
 
Questions. - oldviolin - Jun 13, 2025 - 1:04pm
 
Can not download more than 5 hours. - osborne - Jun 13, 2025 - 10:03am
 
Stuff I Heard Other People Say Out Loud - Steely_D - Jun 13, 2025 - 9:40am
 
Name My Band - DaveInSaoMiguel - Jun 13, 2025 - 9:05am
 
Live Music - oldviolin - Jun 13, 2025 - 7:27am
 
• • • The Once-a-Day • • •  - oldviolin - Jun 13, 2025 - 7:24am
 
China - R_P - Jun 12, 2025 - 2:46pm
 
YouTube: Music-Videos - KurtfromLaQuinta - Jun 12, 2025 - 11:57am
 
Brian Wilson - Coaxial - Jun 12, 2025 - 9:11am
 
The Obituary Page - GeneP59 - Jun 11, 2025 - 4:07pm
 
Immigration - R_P - Jun 11, 2025 - 1:20pm
 
ScottFromWyoming - KurtfromLaQuinta - Jun 11, 2025 - 12:25pm
 
Russia - miamizsun - Jun 11, 2025 - 10:20am
 
Ticketmaster settlement: discounts and free admissions - miamizsun - Jun 11, 2025 - 10:16am
 
Musky Mythology - R_P - Jun 10, 2025 - 7:44pm
 
Reviews and Pix from your concerts and shows you couldn't... - Coaxial - Jun 10, 2025 - 7:13pm
 
Living in America - oldviolin - Jun 10, 2025 - 5:24pm
 
260,000 Posts in one thread? - oldviolin - Jun 10, 2025 - 3:42pm
 
New Music - R_P - Jun 10, 2025 - 3:17pm
 
Protest Songs - R_P - Jun 10, 2025 - 3:11pm
 
Free Books and Free Culture Online - R_P - Jun 10, 2025 - 2:10pm
 
Lyrics That Remind You of Someone - oldviolin - Jun 10, 2025 - 11:48am
 
Economix - rgio - Jun 10, 2025 - 7:18am
 
The Chomsky / Zinn Reader - R_P - Jun 9, 2025 - 4:46pm
 
Nature's Creatures - miamizsun - Jun 9, 2025 - 1:01pm
 
Global Warming - miamizsun - Jun 9, 2025 - 12:51pm
 
Fascism In America - Steely_D - Jun 9, 2025 - 9:35am
 
Pernicious Pious Proclivities Particularized Prodigiously - Red_Dragon - Jun 9, 2025 - 9:20am
 
New Year's Eve at druid labs: photos on-line - Yibbyl - Jun 8, 2025 - 9:13pm
 
President(s) Musk/Trump - NoEnzLefttoSplit - Jun 8, 2025 - 1:08am
 
The Dragons' Roost - NoEnzLefttoSplit - Jun 7, 2025 - 11:12pm
 
Random Solutions - Random Advice - R_P - Jun 7, 2025 - 6:51pm
 
Remember When? - Coaxial - Jun 7, 2025 - 3:22pm
 
Framed - movie guessing game - Red_Dragon - Jun 7, 2025 - 7:40am
 
What The Hell Buddy? - buddy - Jun 6, 2025 - 10:06pm
 
Time for revolution? - R_P - Jun 6, 2025 - 6:31pm
 
What Makes You Sad? - GeneP59 - Jun 6, 2025 - 12:16pm
 
Food Democracy - miamizsun - Jun 6, 2025 - 11:05am
 
Ask the Librarian - miamizsun - Jun 6, 2025 - 10:55am
 
NASA & other news from space - buddy - Jun 5, 2025 - 5:29pm
 
Two sexes or ? Gender as a non-binary concept - Proclivities - Jun 5, 2025 - 11:23am
 
Hockey + Fantasy Hockey - GeneP59 - Jun 5, 2025 - 9:55am
 
Mixtape Culture Club - ColdMiser - Jun 5, 2025 - 8:46am
 
Food - Steely_D - Jun 5, 2025 - 7:13am
 
Photos you have taken of your walks or hikes. - Manbird - Jun 4, 2025 - 7:46pm
 
Project 2025 - R_P - Jun 4, 2025 - 6:45pm
 
Index » Radio Paradise/General » General Discussion » Tax the Rich! Page: 1, 2, 3  Next
Post to this Topic
miamizsun

miamizsun Avatar

Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP)
Gender: Male


Posted: May 23, 2025 - 3:43pm

 Proclivities wrote:
from the article:


Elon Musk alone got $186 billion richer

To measure the gains of the richest, Oxfam measured the estimated wealth shifts of the top 10 on the Forbes Real Time Billionaire List between the end of April 2024 and the end of April 2025.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and CEO of Tesla, accounts for just over half of the total wealth gains, with his net worth spiking by $186.1 billion over that span. An analysis last fall found that Musk, a pivotal figure in President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire.



==========================================================




Elon Musk’s D.O.G.E costs him $151B in wealth as Tesla keeps underperforming in all markets



Elon Musk has lost $151 billion—nearly half of his fortune—as Tesla’s stock price collapses while he focuses his entire attention on his friend, president Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E).

The drop, which slashed his $400 billion net worth by 45%, comes as the company struggles with declining sales in, a shrinking customer base, and political backlash in every single market out there.

Now Tesla’s stock has been falling for months, but the latest crash has intensified concerns. The company reported declining vehicle sales worldwide in its latest earnings report, with deliveries down 1% last year—its first drop in over a decade—despite the EV market growing by 25%.







rgio

rgio Avatar

Location: West Jersey
Gender: Male


Posted: May 23, 2025 - 2:06pm

"... and can you believe it only cost a hundred and eighty people their Medicaid benefits?"
Red_Dragon

Red_Dragon Avatar

Location: Gilead


Posted: May 23, 2025 - 1:56pm

 Proclivities wrote:


Proclivities

Proclivities Avatar

Location: Paris of the Piedmont
Gender: Male


Posted: May 23, 2025 - 1:37pm

The 10 richest Americans got $365 billion richer in the past year. Now they’re on the verge of a huge tax cut
black321

black321 Avatar

Location: An earth without maps
Gender: Male


Posted: Aug 2, 2024 - 5:45am

Bad news for Neiman Marcus and Saks....good news for Mallorca

A Forbes examination of 250 high-net-worth individuals around the world showed that 78 percent of those surveyed plan to increase their luxury spending in 2024. However, a lot of the increased spend will be for traveling, leaving fewer dollars for material goods in most cases.

According to the Forbes data, released Wednesday, the average high-net-worth (HNW) individual plans to spend $63,000 on travel this year, up from $44,000 last year, and $30,000 on jewelry this year, up from $22,000 in 2023.

But spending on designer clothes and accessories by the HNW crowd is expected to drop to $30,000 on average from $49,000 in 2023. Spending by HNW individuals on watches, on average, will be down slightly to $22,000 this year, from $24,000 in 2023.

Also, HNW individuals will be drinking less. Spending on premium spirits is seen plummeting to $9,000 this year on average, from $16,000 last year, according to the survey.

The Forbes sample of wealthy shoppers consisted of those with over $2 million in investible assets, with a third of the group having over $30 million in investible assets. Investible assets are those that are liquid and readily converted to cash. Of the 250 surveyed, 36 percent were female; 64 percent were male, and 27 percent were under 40 years old.


ScottFromWyoming

ScottFromWyoming Avatar

Location: Powell
Gender: Male


Posted: Jan 25, 2022 - 3:51pm

 islander wrote:


I lost my power bill one time. Turns out it's not a big deal, they will send you another one. 


...and this time they'll use brighter colors of ink so it's harder to lose. So considerate!
islander

islander Avatar

Location: West coast somewhere
Gender: Male


Posted: Jan 25, 2022 - 1:54pm

 oldviolin wrote:

I remember the last time I lost a bil. Nobody even noticed...


I lost my power bill one time. Turns out it's not a big deal, they will send you another one. 
miamizsun

miamizsun Avatar

Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP)
Gender: Male


Posted: Jan 25, 2022 - 1:09pm

 oldviolin wrote:
I remember the last time I lost a bil. Nobody even noticed...

that sucks
i'm here for you
please pass the ceremonial rabbeeto
i'll toss another log on the fire

rgio

rgio Avatar

Location: West Jersey
Gender: Male


Posted: Jan 25, 2022 - 12:42pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:


And will those losses affect their lives one iota? No.

You can't lose what you never had.

Look at this another way, the US Treasury lost half of that money...which they would have owed in taxes.

Lucky for us...the taxpayer...Elon had stock options that expired in December, so he was forced to exercise/sell.  Selling at $1,100 vs. today's $930 per share made us about $2B extra in tax revenue (his total bill was ~$11B from what I read).

oldviolin

oldviolin Avatar

Location: esse quam videri
Gender: Male


Posted: Jan 25, 2022 - 12:40pm

 miamizsun wrote:
 Red_Dragon wrote:
And will those losses affect their lives one iota? No.

you can help
please buy a tesla or microsoft surface on amazon
 
I remember the last time I lost a bil. Nobody even noticed...
miamizsun

miamizsun Avatar

Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP)
Gender: Male


Posted: Jan 25, 2022 - 12:36pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:


And will those losses affect their lives one iota? No.

i don't know about that
if you lost about a hundred billion bucks that could be stressful
you can help out
please buy a tesla or microsoft surface on amazon


Red_Dragon

Red_Dragon Avatar

Location: Gilead


Posted: Jan 25, 2022 - 12:29pm

 miamizsun wrote:

The world's 5 richest tech tycoons — including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates — have already lost about $85 billion this year amid a brutal market sell-off

The world's five richest tech tycoons have collectively lost about $85 billion of their wealth in the first few weeks of 2022, with their fortunes taking an especially big hit from last week's market sell-off.

The losses sent the fortune of the world's richest person, Elon Musk, down to an estimated $243 billion — some $27 billion lower than at the start of the year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. It's also nearly $100 billion lower than November, when Musk's net worth peaked at $335 billion.

The world's second-richest person, Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos, has lost about $25 billion in 2022.

The Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has seen a $9.5 billion drop in his net worth since January 1, per the Bloomberg index, while the Google cofounder Larry Page's net worth has decreased by $12 billion. Rounding out the losses is Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, whose net worth has also dropped by about $12 billion this year.




And will those losses affect their lives one iota? No.
miamizsun

miamizsun Avatar

Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP)
Gender: Male


Posted: Jan 25, 2022 - 12:27pm


The world's 5 richest tech tycoons — including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates — have already lost about $85 billion this year amid a brutal market sell-off

The world's five richest tech tycoons have collectively lost about $85 billion of their wealth in the first few weeks of 2022, with their fortunes taking an especially big hit from last week's market sell-off.

The losses sent the fortune of the world's richest person, Elon Musk, down to an estimated $243 billion — some $27 billion lower than at the start of the year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. It's also nearly $100 billion lower than November, when Musk's net worth peaked at $335 billion.

The world's second-richest person, Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos, has lost about $25 billion in 2022.

The Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has seen a $9.5 billion drop in his net worth since January 1, per the Bloomberg index, while the Google cofounder Larry Page's net worth has decreased by $12 billion. Rounding out the losses is Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, whose net worth has also dropped by about $12 billion this year.


Red_Dragon

Red_Dragon Avatar

Location: Gilead


Posted: Jan 4, 2022 - 2:35pm

The world's 500 richest people became $1 trillion richer last year
R_P

R_P Avatar

Gender: Male


Posted: Oct 4, 2021 - 10:56am

Pandora Papers | A global investigation
Billions hidden beyond reach
The trove, dubbed the Pandora Papers, exceeds the dimensions of the leak that was at the center of the Panama Papers investigation five years ago. That data was drawn from a single law firm, but the new material encompasses records from 14 separate financial-services entities operating in countries and territories including Switzerland, Singapore, Cyprus, Belize and the British Virgin Islands.

The files detail more than 29,000 offshore accounts, more than double the number identified in the Panama Papers. Among the account owners are more than 130 people listed as billionaires by Forbes magazine and more than 330 public officials in more than 90 countries and territories, twice the number found in the Panama documents.

(...)

The revelations include more than $100 million spent by King Abdullah II of Jordan on luxury homes in Malibu, Calif., and other locations; millions of dollars in property and cash secretly owned by the leaders of the Czech Republic, Kenya, Ecuador and other countries; and a waterfront home in Monaco acquired by a Russian woman who gained considerable wealth after she reportedly had a child with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Other disclosures hit closer to home for U.S. officials and other Western leaders who frequently condemn smaller countries whose permissive banking systems have been exploited for decades by looters of assets and launderers of dirty money.

The files provide substantial new evidence, for example, that South Dakota now rivals notoriously opaque jurisdictions in Europe and the Caribbean in financial secrecy. Tens of millions of dollars from outside the United States are now sheltered by trust companies in Sioux Falls, some of it tied to people and companies accused of human rights abuses and other wrongdoing.

The details are contained in more than 11.9 million financial records that were obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and examined by The Post and other partner news organizations. The files include private emails, secret spreadsheets, clandestine contracts and other records that unlock otherwise impenetrable financial schemes and identify the individuals behind them. (...)

Red_Dragon

Red_Dragon Avatar

Location: Gilead


Posted: Sep 3, 2021 - 10:23am

Wyden eyes taxes on billionaires, executive pay to fund spending plans
haresfur

haresfur Avatar

Location: The Golden Triangle
Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 23, 2021 - 9:02pm

City Council property levies are pretty high here and I do have value for money issues, particularly with my local council, but I'm in favour of paying taxes for services. The worst thing here though, imo, is "Stamp Duty" where you have to pay a butt-load of money up on top of your down payment when you buy a house. It does mean, however, that the ongoing drain over time is lower. One really good thing though, is that government policy supports keeping people in their houses as long as possible because it is more cost effective than aged care. So a friend gets oxygen delivered to her home, and help paying for cleaners and gardeners to keep the place up. If she does have to go into care, they have a sort of reverse mortgage scheme that pays for the care but still leaves some for inheritance. Her kids will do well because her tiny place in the CBD is worth more than mine because of the location.
kurtster

kurtster Avatar

Location: where fear is not a virtue
Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 23, 2021 - 5:15pm

Re: Property taxes.

I have seen this movie before.

Back in the day in a place once known as California there was a vote on what is known as Prop 13

A large contributor to Proposition 13 was the sentiment that older Californians should not be priced out of their homes through high taxes. The proposition has been called the "third rail" (meaning "untouchable subject") of California politics, and it is not popular politically for lawmakers to attempt to change it.
miamizsun

miamizsun Avatar

Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP)
Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 23, 2021 - 3:47pm

 cc_rider wrote:
 islander wrote:

I don't recall ever seeing a mil levy go down, so yeah.   Also, I don't ever recall seeing a government body say 'we have enough money, let's stop collecting taxes'.   I have a 'friend' who is staunchly anti-tax and anti-government. He works for the state transportation department and brags about how he buys truckloads of gear with leftover budget money even though they don't need it. I can barely converse with him because it feels like he lives on the other side of a hyper-hypocritical barrier that my world view cant really perceive. 
Perzactly.

We just got our appraisal - up $140K in one year. We'll appeal.

Texas' tax structure is painfully regressive. Property taxes go up and up every year, regardless of the homeowners' ability to pay. State income tax is the third rail of Texas politics, but thousands of people are being forced out of their homes because their taxes have skyrocketed, but their income hasn't. And you wonder why we have a homeless problem?
c.
 

buy an old car and put it up on blocks in the front yard

and quit mowing your lawn!
rgio

rgio Avatar

Location: West Jersey
Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 23, 2021 - 8:52am

 cc_rider wrote:

Zero. Point. Zero.
c.


So property values mean nothing, as they are merely the part of the formula the state/local government is willing to change.  That's not real value...thus it isn't truly associated with any economic increase (other than the cost of running the government).

The fact you can appeal is the amusing aspect.  If values stayed the same and the rates increased 15%, there's nothing you can do about it.  California (as usual) is the foil...they set value at purchase and leave it there until you sell the house.  People then run into the problem of not being able to move.  I knew someone who had a home they paid $500k for that was worth $1.5M. They wanted to move to another part of town and replace their home for similar value, but their taxes would triple.  

With all due respect, they are driving values because A) most people feel at least partially good about the "news" their home is worth more, and B) most people aren't smart enough to evaluate the real increase.    When the shit finally hits the fan....take all of the pain at once and adjust the rates while lowering valuations.  Rinse, repeat.
Page: 1, 2, 3  Next