Oh the woes of those poor, hunted billionares...

[Centurion1]

As he was hardly paying any taxes at all, I doubt we'll miss him. 10 million a year? Pocket money.

And the jobs he created stays in this country anyway, so....

To your first point, its 30 % percent of his income. and from what you labeled it appears to be one part of his income. He probably ends up paying much more.

Secondly, that is a horrible attitude towards people who create jobs and frankly it annoys me alittle too much to respond to.

My family is almost in the top 5% of American wealth. sound wealthy? We make under 200,000 a year with two people working. I know that i sure don't feel rich. And this is before Obama taxes my family dead because he has delusions about being robin hood. i just happen to be the "evil" rich.

The top 5% of Americans pay 50% of Americas taxes. The bottom twenty percent pay none but use 83% of our public spending.



As to immigration i think you are all stupid Europeans . I am WHITE (mostly, there is a little asian) and i have multiple uncles born and raised in Mexico (pointing out being white so people know that the rest of my family wasn't born in Mexico, which would make my point moot would it not. I think that illegal immigration should be stopped because it is illegal. If you think there are no Mexicans in America go to California or Texas.

[HoreTore]

Define fair. The trouble with that is why I'd prefer a flat percentage tax or one as close to flat as possible.

So then, you agree with me that this guy should be paying a lot more in taxes, right?

To your first point, its 30 % percent of his income. and from what you labeled it appears to be one part of his income. He probably ends up paying much more.

Secondly, that is a horrible attitude towards people who create jobs and frankly it annoys me alittle too much to respond to.

Uhm, no, it's not 30% of his income. It's a few percent of his income. That's my entire point, ya know... And those 10 million are what he pays in taxes, period. There is no hidden tax stuff he pays.

[Tribesman]

My family is almost in the top 5% of American wealth. sound wealthy? We make under 200,000 a year with two people working.

Yeah , if they more than doubled their combined salary they would almost be in the top 5%.

Everyone has a fundamental right to pay the minimum amount of tax they can legally get away with.
Every year over here the politicians and media complain about people avoiding tax legally , especially when they put up the figures that show so many of the highest earners paying nothing at all in income tax. As far as I am concerned fair play to 'em , thats what accountants are for, if people themselves cannot be bothered with avoiding tax then that is their problem and they shouldn't moan about those that can be bothered.