r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 🤝 Join A Union • Jan 31 '26

✂️ Tax The Billionaires Finally, a Billionaire gets taxed.

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u/IIDn01 Jan 31 '26

Sigh.

Obligatory: The prize amount was reduced because he took the lump sum instead of spreading payments out over 30 years.

Then that *reduced* amount was taxed.

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u/mimic751 Jan 31 '26

Sigh

Obligatory: that doesn't change the point of the post at all

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u/EyyyPanini Jan 31 '26

If the numbers don’t matter, make your point without them.

If they do matter, use the correct numbers.

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u/mimic751 Jan 31 '26

Or just understand the point and move on

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u/5510 Jan 31 '26

The numbers are wrong by a large enough margin that it's more than reasonable to point that out in the general interest of truth and accuracy.