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		seoaeu on May 22, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Netflix’s bad habits have caught up with it Obviously startup founders would prefer to get rich without paying taxes. That doesn’t mean the rest of society should let them.

AdrianB1 on May 26, 2022 [–]

If all you own is shares in a company, you are not rich, you can be homeless. If you sell your shares and make money out of that, then is the moment to pay your taxes, not a nanosecond before that.

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