misk@piefed.social to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agoGabe Newell caps off Steam Machine week by taking delivery of a new $500 million superyacht with a submarine garage, on-board hospital and 15 gaming PCswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square452fedilinkarrow-up1712arrow-down137
arrow-up1675arrow-down1external-linkGabe Newell caps off Steam Machine week by taking delivery of a new $500 million superyacht with a submarine garage, on-board hospital and 15 gaming PCswww.pcgamer.commisk@piefed.social to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square452fedilink
minus-squareVoytrekk@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI don’t think its necessarily how much he pays his employees. The larger issue is that the tax rate at the top isn’t high enough.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoIt’s all of it. He takes too much for the services he offers. He gives too little to his employees. He isn’t taxed enough for what remains. It makes sense that people can earn a few multiples over the median for working hard and maybe also for taking risks. It makes no sense that people can earn a million time as much as the median by not working hard and never facing actual risks.
I don’t think its necessarily how much he pays his employees. The larger issue is that the tax rate at the top isn’t high enough.
It’s all of it. He takes too much for the services he offers. He gives too little to his employees. He isn’t taxed enough for what remains.
It makes sense that people can earn a few multiples over the median for working hard and maybe also for taking risks.
It makes no sense that people can earn a million time as much as the median by not working hard and never facing actual risks.