amarcheschi a year ago

Which, to me, looks very subpar rather than companies paying taxes in the country where they actually make profit

consp a year ago

Ordinary people do not buy stock. Most people here are in the highest percentile and it shows.

  • amarcheschi a year ago

    That take feels kinda... Detached from the average person to me? I don't know how to take it, just like when you hear gates saying a banana cost 10$. Common Joe would benefit much more from taxes being actually paid than profits being accumulated by companies just so they can crush the competition more and earn more and (...)

    • thaumasiotes a year ago

      > just like when you hear gates saying a banana cost 10$

      When was that?

      • amarcheschi a year ago

        I've never seen a real video, it may as well be a common saying after being on the internet for a so long time. However, there is a video of gates trying to guess grocery prices on the internet, and he's not that bad. I think at this point it's just an internet meme that exist to reference billionaires being disconnected from reality

  • ImJamal a year ago

    I don't know about the majority, but plenty of people have 401Ks (over 34%). It wouldn't be too shocking if 16% more people had stocks.

    • Ichthypresbyter a year ago

      And presumably some of the 66% are either children/students who have never had a job but will have a 401k or similar when they get one, or retirees who cashed out their 401k and bought an annuity (perhaps not the absolute smartest thing to do, but something a decent number of people do).

  • quesera a year ago

    But ordinary people can buy stock, and should buy index funds at least.

    There are plenty of reasons why they do not, but in almost all cases they are not good reasons. There are some extreme exceptions, but then you're outside of "ordinary".

  • acheron a year ago

    You get a 401k from working at McDonalds. Yes ordinary people own stock.

g8oz a year ago

That's what I call a "let them eat cake" response.

lxgr a year ago

They can't, because companies these days only go public after most of their growth has already been captured by private equity (if at all).