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Wealthy People vs. Taxes

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Wealth and Income Are Two Very Different Things

The rich pay less income tax on their salary, with theire still paying capital gains taxes if they sell their stock. A lot of people who become very, very wealthy become lionaires. They are profiting from the work one of their ancestors did. Thats not a ding on them at all. It's just saying, this is how the system works. And that's why, that's these wealth plans, you know, america, the land of temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

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