June 9, 202129 min read, 5828 words
Published: June 9, 2021 | 29 min read, 5828 words
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
In 2007, Jeff Bezos, then a multibillionaire and now the world’s ri...
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June 9, 2021
Credible: I did not see a single assertion that I thought slipped in a falsehood or half-truth.
Trust in the article: the article mentions that the IRS info they disclosed, is among our government's most zealously-guarded secrets. This is partly that our nation has agreed everyone should pay a “fair” share, but gives individuals privacy in determining how to manage that share, often resulting in the anomalies listed.
My greater concern is that the IRS has been under attack, its resources constrained, and articles like this give those who DO want to coddle the rich, ammunition that the IRS cannot be trusted. Pro Publica does not acknowledge that likely collateral damage from its publication.
June 9, 2021